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07-SEPTEMBER-2008 03:17:44 - Lycopene Lycopene IUPAC name 6E,8E,10E,12E,14E,16E,18E,20E, 22E,24E,26E-2,6,10,14,19,23,27,31- Octamethyldotriaconta-2,6,8,10,12,14, 16,18,20,22,24,26,30-tridecaene Identifiers CAS number 502-65-8 PubChem 446925 EINECS number 207-949-1 SMILES CC=CCC/C=C/C=C/C=C/C=C/C=C /C=C/C=C\C/C=C/C=C\C/C=C/C=C \C/CCC=CCC/C/C/CC Properties Molecular formula C40H56 Molar mass 536.873 g/mol Appearance Deep red solid Melting point 172-173 °C Solubility in water Insoluble Supplementary data page Structure and properties n, εr, etc. Thermodynamic data Phase behaviour Solid, liquid, gas Spectral data UV, IR, NMR, MS Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state at 25 °C, 100 kPa Infobox references Lycopene is a bright red carotenoid pigment and phytochemical found in tomatoes and other red fruits. Its name is derived from the tomato's species classification, Solanum lycopersicum where lyco is Greek for wolf, persicum means peach and tomato implies wolf-peach. In plants, algae, and other photosynthetic organisms, lycopene is an important intermediate in the biosynthesis of many carotenoids, including beta carotene, responsible for yellow, orange or red pigmentation, photosynthesis, and photo-protection. Structurally, it is a tetraterpene assembled from eight isoprene units, composed entirely of carbon and hydrogen, and is insoluble in water. Lycopene's eleven conjugated double bonds give it its deep red color and are responsible for its antioxidant activity. Due to its strong color and non-toxicity, lycopene is a useful food coloring. Lycopene is not an essential nutrient for humans, but is commonly found in the diet, mainly from dishes prepared with tomato sauce. When absorbed from the stomach, lycopene is transported in the blood by various lipoproteins and accumulates in the liver, adrenal glands, and testes. Because preliminary research has shown an inverse correlation between consumption of tomatoes and cancer risk, lycopene has been considered a potential agent for prevention of some types of cancers, particularly prostate cancer. However, this area of research and the relationship with prostate cancer have been deemed insufficient of evidence for health claim approval by the US Food and Drug Administration see below under Antioxidant properties and potential health benefits. Contents 1 Structure and physical properties 2 Role in photosynthesis 2.1 Biosynthesis 3 Dietary sources 4 Pharmacokinetics 4.1 Adverse effects 5 Antioxidant properties and potential health benefits 6 Notes and references 6.1 Notes 6.2 References 7 External links Structure and physical properties Lycopene is a symmetrical tetraterpene assembled from 8 isoprene units. It is a member of the carotenoid family of compounds, and because it consists entirely of carbon and hydrogen, is also a carotene.1 Isolation procedures for lycopene were first reported in 1910, and the structure of the molecule was determined by 1931. In its natural, all-trans form, the molecule is long and straight, constrained by its system of eleven conjugated double bonds. Each double bond in this extended Ï€ electron system reduces the energy required for electrons to transition to higher energy states, allowing the molecule to absorb visible light of progressively longer wavelengths. Lycopene absorbs all but the longest wavelengths of visible light, so it appears red.2 Plants and photosynthetic bacteria naturally produce all-trans lycopene, but a total of 72 geometric isomers of the molecule are possible. When exposed to light or heat, lycopene can undergo isomerization to any of a number of these cis-isomers, which have a bent rather than linear shape. Different isomeres were shown to have different stabilities due to their molecular energy highest stability: 5-cis ≥ all-trans ≥ 9-cis ≥ 13-cis 15-cis 7-cis 11-cis: lowest.3 In the human bloodstream, various cis-isomers constitute more than 60% of the total lycopene concentration, but the biological effects of individual isomers have not been investigated.4 Lycopene is insoluble in water, and can be dissolved only in organic solvents and oils. Because of its non-polarity, lycopene in food preparations will stain any sufficiently porous material, including most plastics. While a tomato stain can be fairly easily removed from fabric provided the stain is fresh, lycopene diffuses into plastic, making it impossible to remove with hot water or detergent. If lycopene is oxidized for example, by reacting with bleaches or acids, the double bonds between the carbon atoms will be broken; cleaving the molecule, breaking the conjugated double bond system, and eliminating the chromophore. Role in photosynthesis Lycopene is a key intermediate in the biosynthesis of many carotenoids. Lycopene is a key intermediate in the biosynthesis of many carotenoids. Carotenoids like lycopene are important pigments found in photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes in plants, photosynthetic bacteria, fungi, and algae. They are responsible for the bright colors of fruits and vegetables, perform various functions in photosynthesis, and protect photosynthetic organisms from excessive light damage. Lycopene is a key intermediate in the biosynthesis of many important carotenoids, such as beta-carotene, and xanthophylls. Biosynthesis The biosynthesis of lycopene in eukaryotic plants and in prokaryotic cyanobacteria is similar, as are the enzymes involved.5 Synthesis begins with mevalonic acid, which is converted into dimethylallyl pyrophosphate. This is then condensed with three molecules of isopentenyl pyrophosphate an isomer of dimethylallyl pyrophosphate, to give the twenty carbon geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate. Two molecules of this product are then condensed in a tail-to-tail configuration to give the forty carbon phytoene, the first committed step in carotenoid biosynthesis. Through several desaturation steps, phytoene is converted into lycopene. The two terminal isoprene groups of lycopene can be cyclized to produce beta carotene, which can then be transformed into a wide variety of xanthophylls.6 Dietary sources Dietary sources of lycopene7 Source μg/g wet weight Raw tomato 8.8-42 Tomato juice 86-100 Tomato sauce 63-131 Tomato ketchup 124 Watermelon 23-72 Pink grapefruit 3.6-34 Pink guava 54 Papaya 20-53 Rosehip puree 7.8 Apricot 0.1 Fruits and vegetables that are high in lycopene include tomatoes, watermelon, pink grapefruit, pink guava, papaya, red bell pepper, seabuckthorn, wolfberry goji, a berry relative of tomato, gac, and rosehip. Although Vietnam gac Momordica Cochinchinensis Spreng has by far the highest content of lycopene of any known fruit or vegetable, up to 70 times more than tomatoes for example8, due to gac's rarity outside its native region of SE Asia, tomatoes and tomato based sauces, juices, and ketchup account for more than 85% of the dietary intake of lycopene for most people.9 The lycopene content of tomatoes depends on species and increases as the fruit ripens.10 Unlike other fruits and vegetables, where nutritional content such as vitamin C is diminished upon cooking, processing of tomatoes increases the concentration of bioavailable lycopene. Lycopene in tomato paste is four times more bioavailable than in fresh tomatoes. This is because lycopene is insoluble in water and is tightly bound to vegetable fiber. Thus processed tomato products such as pasteurized tomato juice, soup, sauce, and ketchup contain the highest concentrations of bioavailable lycopene. Cooking and crushing tomatoes as in the canning process and serving in oil-rich dishes such as spaghetti sauce or pizza greatly increases assimilation from the digestive tract into the bloodstream. Lycopene is fat-soluble, so the oil is said to help absorption. Lycopene may be obtained from vegetables and fruits such as the tomato, but another source of lycopene is the fungus Blakeslea trispora. Pharmacokinetics Distribution of lycopene11 Tissue nmol/g wet weight Liver 1.28-5.72 Kidney 0.15-0.62 Adrenal 1.9-21.6 Testes 4.34-21.4 Ovary 0.25-0.28 Adipose 0.2-1.3 Lung 0.22-0.57 Colon 0.31 Breast 0.78 Skin 0.42 After ingestion, lycopene is incorporated into lipid micelles in the small intestine. These micelles are formed from dietary fats and bile acids, and help to solubilize the hydrophobic lycopene and allow it to permeate the intestinal mucosal cells by a passive transport mechanism. Little is known about the liver metabolism of lycopene, but like other carotenoids, lycopene is incorporated into chylomicrons and released into the lymphatic system. In blood plasma, lycopene is eventually distributed into the very low and low density lipoprotein fractions.12 Lycopene is mainly distributed to fatty tissues and organs such as the adrenal glands, liver, and testes. Adverse effects Lycopene is non-toxic and is commonly found in the diet, but cases of excessive carotenoid intake have been reported. In a middle aged woman who had prolonged and excessive consumption of tomato juice, her skin and liver were colored orange-yellow and had elevated levels of lycopene in her blood. After three weeks on a lycopene-free diet her skin color returned to normal.13 Antioxidant properties and potential health benefits Lycopene may be the most powerful carotenoid quencher of singlet oxygen14, being 100 times more efficient in test tube studies of singlet-oxygen quenching action than vitamin E, which in turn has 125 times the quenching action of glutathione water solublecitation needed. Singlet oxygen produced during exposure to ultraviolet light is a primary cause of skin aging.15 Given its antioxidant properties, substantial scientific and clinical research has been devoted to a possible correlation between lycopene consumption and general health. Early research suggested some amelioration of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, and even male infertility.16 After extensive review reported in November 2005, the United States Food and Drug Administration has cast significant doubt on the potential for lowering disease risk, showing no link between lycopene and prevention of prostate cancer.17 The FDA review permitted a highly limited qualified claim to be used for tomatoes and tomato products which contain lycopene, as a guide that would not mislead consumers, namely: Very limited and preliminary scientific research suggests that eating one-half to one cup of tomatoes and/or tomato sauce a week may reduce the risk of prostate cancer. FDA concludes that there is little scientific evidence supporting this claim. The related carotenoid antioxidant, beta-carotene, has been shown to increase the number of prostate cancer cases in a subset of patients,18 although this area of research remains controversial and ongoing. Notes and references Notes ^ Grossman et al. 2004 p. 129 ^ Rao et al. 2007 p. 210 ^ Chasse et al. Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, Volume 571, Number 1, 27 August 2001 , pp. 27-37111 ^ Lycopene: Its role in human health and disease, Rao 'et al.', AGROFood industry hi-tech, July/August 20032 ^ Cunningham 2007 p. 533 ^ Armstrong 1996 p. 229 ^ Rao and Rao 2007 pp. 209-210 ^ USDA study on Cartenoid content of Gac Fruit ^ Rao 2007 p. ^ Khan et al. 2008 p. 495 ^ Stahl 1996 p. 7 ^ Stahl 1996 p. 6 ^ Stahl 1996 p. 6 ^ Di Mascio 1989 pp. 532-538 ^ Berneburg 1999 pp. 15345-15349 ^ Giovannucci 1995 pp. 1767-76 ^ Qualified Health Claims: Letter Regarding Tomatoes and Prostate CancerLycopene Heath Claim CoalitionDocket No. 2004Q-0201 US FDA/CFSAN November 20053 ^ American Association for Cancer Research May 17, 2007. No Magic Tomato? Study Breaks Link between Lycopene and Prostate Cancer Prevention, Science Daily. References Armstrong GA, Hearst JE 1996. Carotenoids 2: Genetics and molecular biology of carotenoid pigment biosynthesis. FASEB J. 10 2: 228-37. PMID 8641556. Basu A, Imrhan V 2007. Tomatoes versus lycopene in oxidative stress and carcinogenesis: conclusions from clinical trials. Eur J Clin Nutr 61 3: 295-303. doi:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602510. PMID 16929242. Berneburg M, Grether-Beck S, Kurten V, Ruzicka T, Briviba K, Sies H, Krutmann J 1999. Singlet oxygen mediates the UVA-induced generation of the photoaging-associated mitochondrial common deletion. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 274 22: 15345-15349. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.22.15345. PMID 10336420. Britton, George; Synnove Liaaen-Jensen; Hanspeter Pfander; 1996. Carotenoids : Synthesis Carotenoids. Boston: Birkhauser. ISBN 3-7643-5297-3. Cunningham FX, Lee H, Gantt E 2007. Carotenoid biosynthesis in the primitive red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Eukaryotic Cell 6 3: 533-45. doi:10.1128/EC.00265-06. PMID 17085635. Di Mascio P, Kaiser S, Sies H 1989. Lycopene as the most efficient biological carotenoid singlet oxygen quencher. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 274 2: 532-8. PMID 2802626. Gerster H 1997. The potential role of lycopene for human health. J Am Coll Nutr 16 2: 109-26. PMID 9100211. Giovannucci E, Ascherio A, Rimm EB, Stampfer MJ, Colditz GA, Willett WC 1995. Intake of carotenoids and retinol in relation to risk of prostate cancer. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 87 23: 1767-76. doi:10.1093/jnci/87.23.1767. PMID 7473833. Grossman AR, Lohr M, Im CS 2004. Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in the landscape of pigments. Annu. Rev. Genet. 38: 119-73. doi:10.1146/annurev.genet.38.072902.092328. PMID 15568974. Khan N, Afaq F, Mukhtar H 2008. Cancer chemoprevention through dietary antioxidants: progress and promise. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 10 3: 475-510. doi:10.1089/ars.2007.1740. PMID 18154485. Rao AV, Rao LG March 2007. Carotenoids and human health. Pharmacol. Res. 55 3: 207-16. doi:10.1016/j.phrs.2007.01.012. PMID 17349800. Stahl W, Sies H 1996. Lycopene: a biologically important carotenoid for humans?. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 336 1: 1-9. doi:10.1006/abbi.1996.0525. PMID 8951028. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Lycopene Phytochemicals as Nutraceuticals-Lycopene lycopene.org - A website promoting a lycopene rich diet. USDA Webpage on Lycopene Content of Gac - Fatty Acids and Carotenoids in Gac Momordica Cochinchinensis Spreng Fruit. v d e Carotenoids Carotenes: Carotene Alpha-carotene · Beta-carotene · Lycopene · Phytoene Phytofluene · Neurosporene Retinoids: Acitretin · Alitretinoin · Apocarotenal · Bexarotene · Etretinate · Fenretinide · Isotretinoin · Retinaldehyde · Tazarotene · Vitamin A Retinol, Tretinoin Xanthophylls: Antheraxanthin · Astaxanthin · Canthaxanthin · Citranaxanthin · Cryptoxanthin · Diadinoxanthin · Diatoxanthin · Dinoxanthin · Flavoxanthin · Fucoxanthin · Lutein · Neoxanthin · Rhodoxanthin · Rubixanthin · Violaxanthin · Zeaxanthin Other: Crocin · Crocetin · Peridinin · Food orange 7 Retrieved from http://en..org/wiki/Lycopene Categories: Food antioxidants | Dietary antioxidants | Carotenoids | Terpenes and terpenoidsHidden categories: All articles with statements | Articles with statements since April 2008 Views Article Discussion this page History Personal tools Log in / create account Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Search Go Search Interaction Community portal Recent changes Contact Donate to Help Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent link Cite this page Languages БългарÑ?ки Deutsch Español Esperanto Français í•œêµì–´ Italiano עברית Magyar Nederlands 日本語 ‪Norsk nynorsk‬ Polski Português РуÑ?Ñ?кий Simple English Suomi Svenska Türkçe ä¸æ–‡ This page was last modified on 27 August 2008, at 13:27
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