Sentences with phrase «much lycopene»

Per 100 grams, watermelon flesh contains 4532ug which is roughly 1.5 times as much lycopene as cooked tomatoes with 3041ug.

Watermelon contains 1.5 times as much lycopene as tomatoes.

Some made five times as much lycopene as the original strain, Wang's team reported in 2009 (Nature, vol 460, p 894).

Not exact matches

In a study testing the levels of lycopene in different - colored ketchups, it was inadvertently found that organic varieties deliver up to three times as much of the cancer - fighting carotenoid as non-organic brands!

When you eat raw tomatoes, you'll get some lycopene, but not nearly as much as you'd get by eating them cooked.

«If we're going to make recommendations for something like resveratrol, a compound in red wine, as an example, or lycopene, the red pigment in tomatoes, we should have an idea about how much is really needed for efficacy.

Studies show that women with lycopene - rich diets can have as much as a 50 percent lower risk of developing breast cancer.

In 2003, a research study published in «Acta Horticulturae» reported that watermelon with dark - red flesh provided as much of the compound lycopene as tomatoes.

Tomato paste actually has much more lycopene than fresh tomatoes.

In a study of atherosclerosis and stroke patients, researchers found that healthy subjects in the control group had much higher levels of a particular strain of bacteria that produces anti-inflammatory compounds and carotenoids — particularly beta - carotene and lycopene.

Lycopene appears to be a particularly powerful antioxidant, but it works in much the same way as most other antioxidants.