Tomato as a source of carotenoids and polyphenols targeted to cancer prevention

Cancers

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Martí, Raúl ^a   Roselló, Salvador ^a   Cebolla Cornejo, Jaime ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Breeding; Flavonoid; Functional food; Lycopene; carotene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ANTERAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE; CAFFEIC ACID; CAROTENOID; CHLOROGENIC ACID; CYANIDIN; DELPHINIDIN; DELTA CAROTENE; FERULIC ACID; GAMMA CAROTENE; KAEMPFEROL; LYCOPENE; MYRICETIN; NARINGENIN; NARINGENIN CHALCONE; NEOXANTHIN; NEUROSPORENE; NICOTIFLORIN; PARA COUMARIC ACID; PELARGONIDIN; PHYTOENE; PHYTOFLUENE; POLYPHENOL; QUERCETIN; RUTOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VIOLAXANTHIN; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FLOWER; FRUIT; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT LEAF; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; TOMATO;

EID: 84976536841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cancers8060058     Document Type: Review

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