Table 4: Mean plasma carotenoids concentrations before and following the three week dietary intervention with thermally treated tomato juice.
Code | Plasma carotenoid | Control | Tomato intervention | P |
Day 0 | Day 21 | Change, % | Day 0 | Day 21 | Change, % |
1 | α – carotene, μmol/l | 0.058±0.015 | 0.06 ±0.02 | 119.5±31.4 | 0.042±0.02 | 0.047±0.02 | 122.0±15.6 | |
2 | β – carotene, μmol/l | 0.28± 0.08 | 0.27± 0.07 | 121.1±18 | 0.3± 0.06 | 0.31±0.06 | 112.6± 19.2 | |
3 | β – Cryptoxanthin, μmol/l | 0.55± 0.05 | 0.54± 0.07 | 103.8±17.7 | 0.62±0.07 | 0.54±0.06 | 92.6±13.6 | |
4 | lutein/zeaxanthin, μmol/l | 0.69± 0.06 | 0.73±0.09 | 110.9± 7.2 | 0.93±0.28 | 0.98±0.32 | 100.9±4.8 | |
5 | Lycopene, μmol/l | 0.47±0.05 | 0.48±0.05 | 100.0±6.3 | 0.65±0.17 | 0.76±0.16 | 161.1±30.0 | <0.1 |
6 | Combine 1+2+3, μmol/l | 0.89±0.05 | 0.87±0.05 | | 0.96+0.05 | 0.90+ 0.05 | | |
7 | Combined 4+5, μmol/l | 1.16±0.05 | 1.21±0.07 | | 1.58±0.22 | 1.66±0.24 | | |
8 | Ratio row 7/6 | 1.30±0.05 | 1.39±0.06 | 6.9± 0.06 | 1.65± 0.13 | 1.82± 0.15 | 10.3± 0.15 | <0.01 |