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.
| | Compound | References |
| Anti-inflammatory effect | Lycopene | [14, 16, 17] | β-Carotene | [45] | Lutein | [46, 47] | Vitamin E | [17] | Vitamin C | [33] | Rutin | [48–51] | 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 effect | Lycopene | [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, 62–64] | Cinnamic acids (1,5-dicaffeoylquinic) | [65] | Tannins | [66] |
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