Review Article

Enhancing the Health-Promoting Effects of Tomato Fruit for Biofortified Food

Table 2

Main anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects of bioactive tomato compounds.

CompoundReferences

Anti-inflammatory effectLycopene[14, 16, 17]
β-Carotene[45]
Lutein[46, 47]
Vitamin E[17]
Vitamin C[33]
Rutin[4851]
Quercetin[48, 49, 52]
Glycosides of quercetin[53]
Catechin [50]
Resveratrol[37, 54, 55]
C3G (cyanidin 3-glucoside)[56, 57]
Phenolic acids[58]
Tannins[44]

Antioxidant effectLycopene[15, 59]
β-Carotene[20, 59]
Lutein[46]
Vitamin E[27, 28, 60]
Vitamin C[31, 32]
Polyphenols[58]
Quercetin[61]
C3G (cyanidin 3-glucoside)[40]
Phenolic acids[41, 6264]
Cinnamic acids (1,5-dicaffeoylquinic)[65]
Tannins[66]