Tomatoes Contain an Invisible Ingredient With Surprising Effects on Liver Health
The benefit disappeared in mice lacking two enzymes, suggesting phytoene must be broken down before it can protect the liver.
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Tomatoes Contain an Invisible Ingredient With Surprising Effects on Liver Health
A tomato contains a hidden ingredient that the eye cannot see, and it may be just as important to liver health as the red pigment that made the fruit famous. Researchers at Tufts University found that phytoene, a colorless precursor used by plants to make lycopene, sharply reduced fatty liver disease in mice. The discovery [...]
Surprise in the tomato: Not only the red dye lycopene could protect the liver. In a mouse experiment, its colourless precursor phytoen slowed down the formation of a metabolism-related fatty liver. Obviously, the decisive factor was not the substance alone, but its processing by two enzymes. Whether humans benefit similarly is still open. Boston (U.S.A.). A metabolic-induced fatty liver arises when [...] The article Tomato substance could protec…
Researchers at Tufts University identified phytoene, a colourless precursor present in tomatoes, as a component that can be as beneficial to liver health as lycopene, pigment responsible for coloring...
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