1. Lycopene
Lycopene is widely found in tomatoes, tomato products, watermelon, grapefruit and other fruits. It is the main pigment in ripe tomatoes and one of the common carotenoids. In 1989, MASCIO found that lycopene has the highest singlet oxygen quenching activity of all carotenoids. Subsequently, research on the function of lycopene has become a hot topic. The research content involves the absorption and metabolism of lycopene, the reduction of lycopene in the risk of prostate cancer and other tumors and the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases, and the extraction of lycopene. and measurement methods, etc.
Lycopene is generally considered a natural pigment, and many people know very little about its role in health. At present, lycopene has not only been widely used as a natural pigment, but also has been increasingly used in functional foods, medicines and cosmetics. In foreign countries, lycopene has been widely used in many popular categories such as oral beauty, cardiovascular health, antioxidant, men's health, eye protection, brain health, etc., and has become a hot functional food raw material. Large market development space.
2. Inulin
Inulin is a reserve polysaccharide in plants, mainly derived from plants. More than 36,000 species have been found, including 11 families such as Asteraceae, Platycodontaceae, Gentianaceae in dicotyledonous plants, and Liliaceae, Poaceae in monocotyledonous plants. Wood branch. Inulin is another energy storage form of plants besides starch. It is an ideal functional food ingredient and a good raw material for the production of fructooligosaccharides, polyfructose, high fructose syrup, crystalline fructose and other products.
3. Phytosterols
Phytosterols, also known as phytosterols, are plant steroids, which are functional components that exist in a free state or in a state of binding with fatty acids and sugars. They are widely present in the cell membranes of various plants such as vegetables and fruits. . Plant sterols are an active ingredient in plants that have many health benefits. Studies have found that phytosterols have the functions of lowering blood cholesterol, preventing and treating prostatic hypertrophy, inhibiting tumor, inhibiting breast hyperplasia and regulating immunity.
