In:
International Journal of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, International Society of Academicians, Vol. 1, No. 2 ( 2018-12-18), p. 59-74
Abstract:
The supply of food has become one of the most fundamental problems since the need for nutrition has existed in the globe. Throughout history, continuous agriculture and nutritional studies have been carried out and trying to resolve the problem of hunger. Especially after the second world war, revolutionary works were made to answer this need and provided short-term solutions for that period. According to result of many studies; chemical substances used, heavy metal stress as a result of wars and environmental pollution, which are one of the most important problems of our day, caused problems such as various cancer and cardiovascular diseases which are still untreatable. As a result of the researches, the problems along with diabetic diseases, heart attack, and stroke like diseases can be treated by using antioxidants which are abundant in tomato plant and these led to further studies on the tomato as source of antioxidants. The discovery of the anti-oxidative and anti-cancer properties of lycopene and the high availability of lycopene in tomato, the high self-fertilization, hybridization, ease pollination of the crop and especially the studies of genome-wide tomato plants in 2012 seen that increased the rate to find many anti-oxidative and anti-cancer remedies.The fact that tomatoes are richin vitamin A and vitamin C; the calories and faty content of tomatoes are low and that they are a fiber-free fruit without cholesterol is another reason for increasing their preference. In this review, the characteristics and production amounts of tomato plants and their effects on nutrient content and health are given.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2651-4621
DOI:
10.38001/ijlsb.482443
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
International Society of Academicians
Publication Date:
2018
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2952478-7
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