番茄红素是一种类胡萝卜素，存在于许多红色水果和蔬菜中，如西瓜、粉红番石榴和番茄。 番茄红素是一种有效的抗氧化剂。已有研究提出植物利用番茄红素来对抗活性氧物质（ROS）的损害。 应用 番茄红素已用于：分析其对体外小鼠表皮细胞系皮肤肿瘤的化学预防作用作为高效液相色谱(HPLC)定量的参考标准品，分析哺乳动物细胞系中内源性类胡萝卜素的抗氧化能力作为高效液相色谱(HPLC)的参考标准品，鉴定酿酒酵母工程菌中的类胡萝卜素 最大吸收波长λmax 518(CHCl3) nm Lycopene is a carotenoid found in many red fruits and vegetables such as watermelon, pink guava, and tomato. Lycopene is a potent antioxidant. It is suggested that lycopene is used by the plant to protect against reactive oxygen species (ROS).Lycopene has been used:to analyze its chemo-preventive effects on cutaneous tumors inin vitromouse epidermal cell lineas a reference standard for quantitative high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to analyze antioxidant capacity of endogenous carotenoids in mammalian cell linesas a reference standard in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to identify carotenoids from engineeredSaccharomyces cerevisiae