Review Article
Year: 2020 | Month: April | Volume: 7 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 487-490
A Review on Recent Techniques of Extraction and Isolation of Lycopene from Tomato
Swanand Sanjay Pathak, Om Panjabrao Akhade, Kanak Gajanan Bhojane, Mayur Devsing Sadar, Pavan Folane, K.R. Biyani
Anuradha College of Pharmacy, Chikhli. Dist- Buldhana (M.S). India- 443201
Corresponding Author: Swanand Sanjay Pathak
ABSTRACT
Lycopene is a natural pigment mainly responsible for the deep-red colour of tomato. Lycopene can found in various natural products like tomato, red pepper, watermelon, and papaya. Due to its physicochemical and biological properties it attracts much attention towards it. Lycopene is only synthesized by plants. In preventing various diseases mainly degenerative diseases lycopene plays an important role. This article describes the various methods of extraction and isolation of lycopene.
Keywords: lycopene, tomato, methanol, hexane.
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