Sentences with phrase «produce lycopene»

«Our team has learned to grow tomato plants in suspension culture that produce lycopene molecules with a heavier molecular weight.

All of these strains were then tested for their efficiency in producing lycopene — a chemical closely related to ones that fight cancer and malaria (Nature, DOI: 10.1038 / nature08187).

From there it was a relatively simple matter to select the variants that produced lycopene most prolifically.

Not exact matches

I would like to see a study showing whether or not our stomach acid makes tomatoes produce 4 times or more of lycopene!!

To prove it worked, he started with a strain of the E. coli bacterium that produced small quantities of lycopene, the pigment that makes tomatoes red.

Next, he synthesised 50,000 DNA strands with sequences that almost matched parts of the 24 genes involved in lycopene production, but with a range of variations that he hoped would affect the amount of lycopene produced.

The plant biofactories that produce the heavier, traceable lycopene are now being used to produce heavier versions of other bioactive food components.

Red produce — like tomatoes — contains cancer - fighting lycopene and anthocyanins, which may also lower your risk of heart disease and stroke.

The reduction in oxidative stress has been attributed to papaya's lycopene content and ability to remove excess iron, which is known to produce free radicals (12, 13).

The good news is that the healthy fat in avocados is believed to help the body absorb more lycopene, the antioxidant compound that gives red, orange and yellow produce its hue.

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.