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Lycopene: Nutritional, Medicinal and Therapeutic Properties book cover

1st Edition

Lycopene Nutritional, Medicinal and Therapeutic Properties

Edited By V R Preedy, Ronald R. Watson Copyright 2009
472 Pages
by CRC Press

472 Pages
by CRC Press
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Tomatoes have become a dietary staple for humans in many parts of the world. The characteristic deep red color of the ripe tomato fruit and related products is mainly due to lycopene. Lycopene is the predominant carotenoid in tomatoes, followed by a-carotene, b-carotene, g-carotene, and phytoene, as well as by several other minor carotenoids. Tomatoes and tomato-based foods have long been an... Read more

Foreword
Preface
List of Contributors

CHARACTERIZATION OF LYCOPENE FROM CHEMISTRY TO BASIC PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS
Lycopene Overview: What It Is and What It Does Robert M. Diener and Mildred S. Christian
Stability of Lycopene during Food Processing and Storage John Shi and Sophia Jun Xue
Lycopene Metabolites: Apo-lycopenals Nikki A. Ford and John W. Erdman, Jr.
Non-covalent Binding of Lycopene and Lycophyll Zsolt Bikadi, Peter Hari, Eszter Hazai, Samuel F. Lockwood and Ferenc Zsila
Risk Assessment of Lycopene Andrew Shao and John N. Hathcock

BIOCHEMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF LYCOPENE’S EFFECTS
Lycopene and Peroxynitrite Modifications Kaampwe Muzandu, Kennedy Choongo and Shoichi Fujita
Lycopene and Down-regulation of Cyclin D1, pAKT and pBad Rosanna Sestito and Paola Palozza
Lycopene and Chylomicrons Kathleen M. Botham and Elena Bravo
Lycopene and Chromosomal Aberrations Lusânia Maria Greggi Antunes and Maria de Lourdes Pires Bianchi
Lycopene and Lycopene-enriched Prostasomes Anuj Goyal, Mridula Chopra and Alan Cooper
Topically Applied Lycopene and Antioxidant Capacity Marco Andreassi and Lucio Andreassi
Lycopene and Cardiovascular Diseases Martha Verghese, Rajitha Sunkara, Louis Shackelford and Lloyd T. Walker
Effects of Lycopene and Monounsaturated Fat Combination on Serum Lycopene, Lipid and Lipoprotein Concentrations Kiran Deep Kaur Ahuja and Madeleine Joyce Ball
Lycopene: Cataract and Oxidative Stress S.K. Gupta, Sushma Srivastava, Renu Agarwal and Shyam Sunder Agrawal
Lycopene and Bone Tissue L.G. Rao, E.S. Mackinnon and A.V. Rao

LYCOPENE AND CANCER
Lycopene and Its Potential Role in Prostate Cancer Prevention A. Trion, F.H. Schröder and W.M. van Weerden
Lycopene and Urokinase Receptor Expression in Prostate Cancer Cells Inder Sehgal
Lycopene and Lung Cancer Fuzhi Lian and Xiang-Dong Wang
Breast Cancer and Lycopene Nasséra Chalabi, Yves-Jean Bignon and Dominique J. Bernard-Gallon
Lycopene and Colon Cancer Martha Verghese, Judith Boateng, Louis Shackelford and Lloyd T. Walker
Index
Color Plate Section

Biography

Preedy, V R ; Watson, Ronald R.

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