Part1. What is tomato extract lycopene?
Tomato extract is the fresh fruit extract of Lycopersiconesculentum Mill., a plant of the Solanaceae family. It contains a variety of amino acids, lipids, carbohydrates and other energy substances, as well as a small amount of flavonoids, tomatine, mercury compounds, malic acid, citric acid and other nutrients It has the functions of lowering blood pressure, lowering blood fat, delaying aging, preventing cancer, helping digestion and reducing bloating and food accumulation, enhancing immunity, anti-oxidation, anti-tumor, inhibiting osteoporosis, preventing rickets and night blindness, nourishing blood, beautifying, and losing weight , antibacterial and other pharmacological effects; mainly used in health food, such as preventing ultraviolet burns, skin protection products, anti-aging products, carotenoid compound products, prostate cancer prevention products, etc., but also widely used in food seasoning and Beverage and other industries.
Part2. Pharmacological effects
1. Lowering blood pressure and blood fat
Tomato extract vitamin C, lycopene and fruit acid can lower blood cholesterol, is very beneficial to hyperlipidemia, and can prevent atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. In addition, it contains a large amount of potassium, alkaline minerals and mercury compounds, which can promote the discharge of sodium salt in the blood, have the effects of lowering blood pressure, diuresis, and detumescence. Lycopene has a good auxiliary treatment effect on hypertension and kidney disease. Linoleic acid can lower blood lipids and prevent arteriosclerosis.
2. Protect cardiovascular and reduce heart disease
Tomato extract contains a large amount of antithrombotic elements - flavonoids, which can prevent microthrombosis. In addition, the yellow jelly-like substance (tomato factor) around the tomato seeds is also an effective ingredient in the prevention and treatment of microthrombosis, which can prevent platelet aggregation in the blood and protect vascular endothelial cells.
3. Delay aging and prevent cancer
Tomatoes contain antioxidant vitamin E, lycopene and glutathione. These substances can remove free radicals in the body, protect cells, and prevent cancer. According to research, long-term consumption of tomatoes and their products can reduce pancreatic cancer, rectal cancer, Laryngeal cancer, oral cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer and other cancer risk.
4. Help digestion and reduce bloating and food accumulation
Dietary fiber, malic acid, citric acid and other organic acids and vitamins in tomato extract can also increase the acidity of gastric juice, help gastric juice digest food, reduce bloating and food accumulation, prevent and treat constipation, adjust the function of gastrointestinal tract, and help Function in the rehabilitation of gastrointestinal diseases.
5. Enhance the body's immunity
Lycopene can protect phagocytes from their own oxidative damage, promote the proliferation of T and B lymphocytes, stimulate the function of T cells, and reduce the oxidative damage of lymphocyte DNA. Lycopene can promote the secretion of interleukin 2 (LI-2) and interleukin 4 (IL-4), and improve the immunity of the elderly. It is suggested that lycopene also has a significant promoting effect on the main indicators of non-specific cellular immunity.
6. Antioxidant effect
The antioxidant effect of antioxidants can be achieved by inhibiting the generation of free radicals, directly scavenging free radicals, and even by increasing the level of endogenous antioxidant substances. Both singlet oxygen and peroxide free radicals are reactive oxygen species generated in the body and have been linked to cancer, cardiovascular disease, and age-related diseases. All of them can react with biological macromolecules in the body, such as DNA, protein or lipid, and weaken their functions. The antioxidant effect of lycopene is mainly manifested in its ability to efficiently quench singlet oxygen and scavenge peroxide free radicals. The ability of lycopene to quench singlet oxygen is closely related to the number of conjugated double bonds contained in its molecule.
7. Anti-tumor effect
Lycopene has obvious anti-tumor effect, and its mechanism is not only related to anti-oxidation, but also related to its inhibition of tumor cell proliferation, induction of intercellular gap junction communication, and enhancement of immune function of the body. Lycopene has a certain preventive and inhibitory effect on prostate cancer, digestive tract cancer, cervical cancer, breast cancer, liver cancer, and skin cancer.
8. Inhibit osteoporosis
The normal bone metabolism process is a dynamic balance process of bone resorption and bone formation. Lycopene can inhibit the bone resorption function of osteoclasts by inhibiting the production of reactive oxygen species in vitro. The inhibition of lycopene on the osteoclast function of osteoclasts after oxidative stress is concentration-dependent. The higher the concentration, the stronger the inhibitory effect, and it can promote the proliferation and growth of osteoblasts and increase their mineralization ability. Lycopene can effectively remove oxygen free radicals in ovariectomized rats, reduce the level of oxidative stress in the body, reduce bone loss, and delay the occurrence of osteoporosis.
9. Prevention of rickets and night blindness, blood enrichment, beauty, weight loss, antibacterial, skin photoprotection and many other functions.
