Lycopene is a natural plant pigment contained. Mainly in the Solanaceae plants tomato ripe fruit. It is natures strongest antioxidants discovered. Scientific evidence, the body of singlet oxygen and oxygen free radicals is the bodys own immune system against the culprit. Free radical scavenging effect of lycopene are far better than other carotenoids and vitamin E, their singlet oxygen quenching rate constant is 100 times more vitamin E. It can effectively control due to aging, weakened immunity due to various diseases. Therefore, it is subject to the attention of experts around the world.

Lycopene (lycopene) is ripe tomato of the main pigment, is a non-oxygenated carotenoids. The first time from 1873 Hartsen berry yam TamuscommunisL. Isolate the red crystal. Schunk in 1913 found that the different substances and carotenoids, named its first lycopene, still in use. Its molecular formula is C40H56, molecular weight of 536.85, pure dark red needle-like crystals, the molecular structure of 11 conjugated double bonds and two non-conjugated double bonds consisting of straight chain hydrocarbons. In carotenoids, it has the strongest antioxidant activity. Free radical scavenging effect of lycopene are far better than other carotenoids and vitamin E, their singlet oxygen quenching rate constant is 100 times more vitamin E, found in nature is by far the strongest antioxidants. For a long time, lycopene has been used as a common plant pigment, did not attract much attention.