date:May 08, 2012
nt to mention that beside lycopene tomatoes also contain vitamin C, tocopherols and polyphenols,said the researchers.It has been shown that among all antioxidants (in particular carotenoids) present in tomato juice, lycopene is the most abundant and stable during industrial food processing.
Vitamin C and tocopherols in fresh tomato are destroyed by heating during food processing. Not much is known about the polyphenols in tomato juice.
Therefore, we believe that the antioxidant activity of tom