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Lycopene Compounds in Human Health and Diet with Biological Activities

Usman Mir Khan^1*, Fariha Khan² and Zeliha Selamoglu³

¹Department of Dairy Technology, Faculty of Animal Production and Technology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

²Department of Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan

³Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Nigde Omer Halisdemir University, Turkey

Received Date: Dec 26, 2018 / Accepted Date: Jan 25, 2018 / Published Date: Feb 01, 2019

Citation: Khan UM, Khan F, Selamoglu Z (2019) Lycopene Compounds in Human Health and Diet with Biological Activities. J Tradit Med Clin Natur 8:280.

Copyright: © 2019 Khan UM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Herbs and plant extracts have been used for the prevention and treatment of human diseases in many countries for medical purposes. Results of the latest studies show the importance of natural antioxidants in human health. By developing varying types of antioxidants, plants have developed protection systems against the damages of the active oxygen forms caused by several stresses. By this means, with the help of antioxidant enzymes, radical scavenging compounds such as caratenoids, ascorbic acid and the other synthesized components, plants repair their cells and genetic materials. An antioxidant is a molecule capable of inhibiting the oxidation of other molecules. They do this by being oxidized themselves, so antioxidants are often reducing agents such as thiols, caratenoids, ascorbic acid, or polyphenols. Consequently, recently researchers have focused on the most powerful plants and herbal extracts as well as determining their importance on human and environmental health. 

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