Lycopene: total-scale literature landscape analysis of a valuable nutraceutical with numerous potential applications in the promotion of human and animal health

• Autor(a) principal: Yeung, Andy Wai Kan
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Choudhary, Neeraj, Tewari, Devesh, El-Demerdash, Amr, Tomczyk, Michal, Das, Niranjan, Pirgozliev, Vasil, Lucarini, Massimo, Durazzo, Alessandra, Souto, Eliana B., Santini, Antonello, Devkota, Hari Prasad, Uddin, Md. Sahab, Echeverría, Javier, Dongdong, Wang, Ren-You, Gan, Brncic, Mladen, Kalfin, Reni E., De, Ronita, Cenanovic, Merisa, Sai, Chandragiri Siva, Kapoor, Bhupinder, Kirilov, Kiril, Tzvetkov, Nikolay T., Belakova, Barbora, Uhrin, Pavel, Jóźwik, Artur, Horbanczuk, Olaf. K., Strzałkowska, Nina, Koszarska, Magdalena, Charuta, Anna, Horbańczuk, Jarosław Olav, Atanasov, Atanas G.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/78868
• topic: lycopene; prostate cancer; cardiovascular disease; obesity; carotenoid; literature quantitative research analysis; Web of Science; VOSviewer; literature quantitative research analysis/ Web of Science; Science & Technology

Lycopene intake from tomatoes and other food sources has multiple potential health benefits. This report aimed to evaluate the current research literature on lycopene concerning human and animal health. The electronic Web of Science Core Collection database was searched with (lycopene*) AND (health* OR illness* OR disease* OR medic* OR pharma* OR drug* OR therap*). The resulted 3972 papers were analyzed with the aid of bibliometric software. Besides the United States, the lycopene papers received global contributions, particularly from China, Italy, India, and Spain. Examples of frequently mentioned chemicals/chemical classes were carotenoid, beta carotene, alpha carotene, beta cryptoxanthin, and alpha tocopherol. Examples of frequently mentioned medical conditions were prostate cancer, cardiovascular disease, and obesity. Published scientific articles reveal the diverse potential of lycopene in prompting human and animal health, and the knowledge on the bioactivities of this phytoche