Lycopene's physiological properties in quenching of singlet oxygen, scavenging of free radicals, blocking the formation of nitrosamines, inhibiting celltomato lycopene company-bolin proliferation, inducing cell differentiation, increasing immunity, reducing DNA damage and cell gap junction communication, etc. and its application in health food are highly valued by the world and have become a new hot spot for health food research in the international market, showing a broad development prospect.

Tomato extract (lycopene) is an important member of the carotenoid family, which can effectively inhibit and reduce the incidence of prostate cancer, uterine cancer, pancreatic cancer, bladder cancer and digestive tract cancer, and its efficacy is better than that of α-carotene and β-carotene more significant. A 1989 study found that tomato extract was the most effective singlet oxygen quencher of all carotenoids (including β-carotene). The antioxidant activity of tomato extract is very strong, which is 100 times that of vitamin E and more than 2 times that of β-carotene.
The superior physiological functions and anti-pathological effects of tomato extract are known as "the new favorite of health care products in the 21st century". It has a wide development space in the fields of medicine and health care, food additives, cosmetics, food coloring and so on.