Lycopene is more bioavailable from tomato paste than from fresh tomatoes

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 116-122

  Gärtner, Christine ^a   Stahl, Wilhelm ^a   Sies, Helmut ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

All trans lycopene; Bioavailability; Carotenoids; Chylomicrons; Fresh tomatoes; Lycopene cis isomers; Tomato paste

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CHYLOMICRON; LYCOPENE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TOMATO; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 1842292747     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/66.1.116     Document Type: Article

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