Il lycopene (lycopene) is a compound antioxidant found mainly in the tomatoes and in some other vegetables and fruits, such as watermelon, pink grapefruit, pink guava, papaya, bell pepper and rosehip fruit.
Tomatoes and tomato sauces, juices and ketchup satisfy about 85% of the dietary intake of lycopene. Typical carotenoid, lycopene is a replaceable element in the human diet, but it has an important biological significance. Lycopene is found in the blood (plasma), skin and liver, adrenal glands, lungs, prostate and colon.
Lycopene may be the most potent neutralizer of singlet oxygen, an unstable form of molecular oxygen responsible for the destructive effects of sunlight on organic matter. Upon exposure to UV light, singlet oxygen directly affects skin aging. Studies have shown that the neutralizing effect of lycopene is 100 times more effective than Vitamin E.
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