Drug Insight: lycopene in the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer
Emma S Guns* and Simon P Cowell
Correspondence *The Prostate Cancer Centre, Vancouver General Hospital, 2660 Oak Street, Vancouver BC, Canada.
Email eguns@vanhosp.bc.ca
This Drug Insight examines the mechanisms behind the antioxidant lycopene, and its association with the health promoting effects attributed to the consumption of tomatoes and tomato extracts. Data on the anticancer properties of lycopene are compelling, but it is too early to attribute all the health benefits of tomatoes to this compound.
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