Lycopene 60capsules

Description

Other Names:

Tomato / Tomato Extract / Tomato Concentrate / Psi / Psi-Carotene / Rhodopurpurin

What is it?

A member of the carotenoid family of phytochemicals.

The natural pigment responsible for the deep red colour of several fruits, most notably tomatoes.

Sources:

• Tomato
• Tomato concentrate
• Ketchup / Tomato sauce
• Pink grapefruit
• Guava
• Watermelon
• Rosehips

Botanical Description of Tomato:

Tomato plants are vines, initially decumbent, typically growing six feet or more above the ground if supported, although erect bush varieties have been bred, generally three feet tall or shorter. Indeterminate types are “tender” perennials, dying annually in temperate climates (they are originally native to tropical highlands), although they can live up to three years in a greenhouse in some cases. Determinate types are annual in all climates.

Tomato plants are dicots, and grow as a series of branching stems, with a terminal bud at the tip that does the actual growing. When that tip eventually stops growing, whether because of pruning or flowering, lateral buds take over and grow into other, fully functional, vines.

Tomato plant vines are typically pubescent, meaning covered with fine short hairs. These hairs facilitate the vining process, turning into roots wherever the plant is in contact with the ground and moisture, especially if there is some issue with the vine’s contact to its original root.

Most tomato plants have compound leaves, and are called regular leaf (RL) plants. But some cultivars have simple leaves known as potato leaf (PL) style because of their resemblance to that close cousin.

Part of Plant Used:

• Fruit

Main Uses:

Nutritionally beneficial for its antioxidant and protective benefits, also helpful for prostrate problems.

Other Traditional Uses:

• Aging – prevents
• Anti-oxidant
• Asthma – Exercise-induced
• Atherosclerosis
• Blood pressure lowering
• Bone Health – support
• Cancer – decreased risk
• Cardiovascular disease – decreased risk
• Cholesterol levels – support
• Chronic diseases- decreased risk
• Immune function – support
• Osteoporosis – Protective benefits
• Prostate problems
• Protection against heart disease
• Skin – promotes health
• Sun Protection

Deficiency:

Inadequate intake of lycopene, and other carotenoids, over a period of many years may set the stage for the development of several chronic diseases, including heart disease and various cancers. One important mechanism for this relationship appears to involve free radicals.

Research indicates that diets low in carotenoids can increase the body’s susceptibility to damage from free radicals.

As a result, over the long term, carotenoid-deficient diets may increase tissue damage from free radical activity, and increase risk of chronic diseases like heart disease and cancers.