Application of Lycopene CAS 502-65-8

Let’s talk about the application of Lycopene

According to Minte’s Global New Product Database (GNPD), 418 new products containing lycopene were launched worldwide between 2003 and 2010. These products cover the food, supplement and cosmetic sectors, with lycopene supplements being the most popular.

Application of Lycopene on Health care products and sports supplements

According to GNPD, there are 177 new supplement products worldwide that contain lycopene. According to the State Food and Drug Administration (CFDA), there are 31 kinds of lycopene health care products, among which 2 are imported health care products and the rest are domestic health care products. The 31 health care products are mainly used to fight oxidation, delay aging, enhance immunity, regulate blood lipids, etc. Among them, two are tablets, one is oil, and the rest are capsules.

Application of Lycopene on Cosmetics

According to GNPD data, there are 81 new skincare products and 51 cosmetics containing lycopene. Typical products such as lycopene moisturizing lotion have whitening and anti-aging effects. Domestic products lycopene whitening essence smear needle, with anti-oxidation, anti-allergy, whitening effect.

Application of Lycopene on Food and beverage

Application of Lycopene in meat products

The color, texture and flavor of meat products will change during processing and storage due to oxidation. At the same time, with the increase of storage time, microorganism, especially botulinum toxin reproduction, will also make meat spoilage and deterioration, so the chemical preservative nitrite is often used to inhibit microbial growth, prevent meat spoilage and improve meat flavor and color. However, research has found that nitrite can combine with protein decomposition products to form carcinogen nitrosamines under certain conditions, so the use of nitrite in meat has long been controversial. Lycopene is the main component of red pigment in tomato and other fruits. It has strong antioxidant capacity and good physiological function, and can be used as preservative and colorant in meat products. In addition, the acidity of tomato products rich in lycopene will reduce the pH value of meat and inhibit the growth of spoilage microorganisms to a certain extent. Therefore, it can be used as preservative and preservative of meat and play a part in replacing nitrite.

Application of Lycopene in edible oil

Oxidation degradation is an adverse reaction that often occurs in the storage of edible oil, which not only leads to the quality change of edible oil or even the loss of edible value, but also leads to various diseases arising from long-term intake of degraded edible oil.

In order to delay deterioration of edible oil, some antioxidants are often added in processing. However, with the improvement of people’s awareness of food safety, the safety problems of various antioxidants are constantly put forward. Therefore, the search for safe natural antioxidants has become a focus of food additives. Lycopene has superior physiological functions and strong antioxidant activity, which can effectively quench singlet oxygen, scavenge free radicals and inhibit lipid peroxidation. Therefore, adding it to edible oil can alleviate oil deterioration.

Application of Lycopene about other applications

Lycopene, as a potential carotenoid compound, cannot be synthesized by itself in the human body and must be obtained through dietary supplements. After discovering the physiological functions of lycopene, Ly-Cored Natural Products Industries Ltd., Israel, First to develop lycopene products. In addition, American Henkel Company and Japanese Makhtshim Company respectively produced lycopene as the main active ingredient of the drug, its main effects include lowering blood pressure, treating high blood cholesterol, high blood lipids, reducing cancer cells, etc., with relatively significant curative effect.

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