Component
Study-specific tangerine tomato juice
Study-specific tangerine tomato juice. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
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What it does
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What it acts on
Tangerine tomato juice produced an 8.5-fold higher lycopene bioavailability response than red juice in this crossover trial.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_span
- {"source_cache": "artifacts/lycopene-research/25620547.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "bfcae4ee14a42c46972a911970a2cd85383c1f8ded5bf95b91dbae0e5c110d82", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1385, "text_sha256": "bfcae4ee14a42c46972a911970a2cd85383c1f8ded5bf95b91dbae0e5c110d82"}
- experimental_model
- Randomized crossover meal trial
- exposure
- 10 mg lycopene from tangerine juice, 94% cis, versus red juice, 10% cis; 12-hour sampling
- limitations
- Isomer composition and crystalline versus globular food deposition changed together; cannot isolate isomer chemistry alone.
- nutrient_topic
- Lycopene research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Lycopene
- organism
- Human, 11 adults
- plain_language
- Both the shape of the molecule and its packaging in the tomato may matter.
- primary_references
- [lycopene-p25620547] Enhanced bioavailability of lycopene when consumed as cis-isomers from tangerine compared to red tomato juice, a randomized, cross-over clinical trial. (2015). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25620547/ DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201400658
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Plasma triglyceride-rich lipoproteins
Lycopene: absorption, metabolism, nutrient connections and human outcomes (2026-09-17) · lines 182–193
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Randomized crossover meal trial · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### lycopene-tangerine-absorption Tangerine tomato juice produced an 8.5-fold higher lycopene bioavailability response than red juice in this crossover trial. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Lycopene research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: Both the shape of the molecule and its packaging in the tomato may matter. organism: Human, 11 adults tissue_or_cell_type: Plasma triglyceride-rich lipoproteins experimental_model: Randomized crossover meal trial limitations: Isomer composition and crystalline versus globular food deposition changed together; cannot isolate isomer chemistry alone. exposure: 10 mg lycopene from tangerine juice, 94% cis, versus red juice, 10% cis; 12-hour sampling evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/lycopene-research/25620547.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "bfcae4ee14a42c46972a911970a2cd85383c1f8ded5bf95b91dbae0e5c110d82", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1385, "text_sha256": "bfcae4ee14a42c46972a911970a2cd85383c1f8ded5bf95b91dbae0e5c110d82"} [lycopene-p25620547] Enhanced bioavailability of lycopene when consumed as cis-isomers from tangerine compared to red tomato juice, a randomized, cross-over clinical trial. (2015). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25620547/ DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201400658
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