LYCOPENE and MEN’S HEALTH
ثبت نشده
چکیده
Lycopene is a naturally occurring antioxidant that is responsible for the red color of fruits such as tomatoes, guava, rosehip, watermelon, and pink grapefruit. Numerous scientific studies have linked lycopene intake with the rate of occurrence of prostate cancer the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in American men. This link is of even more significance for African-American men, who, unfortunately, have the highest prostate cancer rate of any group in the world.
منابع مشابه
Protective effect of lycopene on oral mucositis and antioxidant capacity of blood plasma in the rat exposed to gamma radiation
Background: Nowadays, radiotherapy is used effectively for treatment of head and neck cancers. Mucositis is one of the most important side effects of radiotherapy. Radio-protective agents protect tissues and cells against the adverse effects due to ionizing radiation and cleave radiation-induced free radicals. Lycopene as a potent antioxidant protects cells against oxidative damage by free radi...
متن کاملDevelopment and pilot testing of a National Men’s Health Index
Recent men’s health reports from Asia, Australia, Canada and Europe have consistently shown that men have higher morbidity and mortality compared to women in most health conditions. There are numerous factors that may contribute to this and they range from men’s behaviour, socio-economic to health system factor. To date, there is no systematic way to document and compare men’s health determinin...
متن کاملAB55. Asian men’s health report—China’s perspective
The Asian men’s health report which was published in 2013 is supported by the Malaysian Men’s Health Initiative and is endorsed by the International Society of Men’s Health. It was a review of the state of men’s health in Asia based on data collected from the WHO databases, country/region Governmental databases , United Nation Social and Economic Commission for Asia Pacific Region (UNESCAP) and...
متن کاملAfterword to men's health in Asia: special issue of Asian Journal of Andrology.
A s professor Tan, Guest Editor of the Special Issue on Men’s Health in Asia, Asian Journal of Andrology, indicated in his foreword that this special issue reveals the many varied facets of men’s health in Asia, including four papers on current status of men’s health in different countries of Asia, four papers on men’s sexual function, four on men’s aging, one on prostate cancer and another fou...
متن کاملProtective Effects of Lycopene and Tomato Extract Against Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity
The protective effect of tomato extract and lycopene on acute doxorubicin-induced myocardial toxicity was evaluated in mice. Doxorubicin toxicity, induced by a single intraperitoneal injection (15 mg/kg), was revealed by elevated serum CPKMB and histopathological observations. Tomato extract (1.2 and 2.4 g/kg, i.p.) and lycopene (1.7 and 3.5 mg/kg, i.p.), prevented the rise in serum CPKM...
متن کامل