1. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) seed: A review on bioactives and biomedical activities
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Ravi Pandiselvam, Manoj Kumar, Amanda Gomes Almeida Sá, Simona Grasso, Sneh Punia, Fátima Arrutia, Ryszard Amarowicz, Surya Prakash Singh, Varsha Satankar, Bruno Augusto Mattar Carciofi, S. S. Dhumal, Sushil Changan, Mohamed Mekhemar, Anshu Sharma, T. Anitha, Maharishi Tomar, M. Senapathy, Deep Jyoti Bhuyan, and Radha
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Tomato seeds ,food.ingredient ,Pectin ,Phytochemicals ,Industrial Waste ,Novel food ,Environmental pollution ,RM1-950 ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,food ,Nutraceutical ,Solanum lycopersicum ,Waste Management ,Animals ,Food Industry ,Humans ,Food science ,Carotenoid ,Pharmacology ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,biology ,Plant Extracts ,fungi ,Biological activities ,Health promoting effects ,food and beverages ,General Medicine ,biology.organism_classification ,Lycopene ,chemistry ,Tomato pomace ,Dietary Supplements ,Seeds ,Therapeutics. Pharmacology ,Solanum - Abstract
The processing of tomato fruit into puree, juices, ketchup, sauces, and dried powders generates a significant amount of waste in the form of tomato pomace, which includes seeds and skin. Tomato processing by-products, particularly seeds, are reservoirs of health-promoting macromolecules, such as proteins (bioactive peptides), carotenoids (lycopene), polysaccharides (pectin), phytochemicals (flavonoids), and vitamins (α-tocopherol). Health-promoting properties make these bioactive components suitable candidates for the development of novel food and nutraceutical products. This review comprehensively demonstrates the bioactive compounds of tomato seeds along with diverse biomedical activities of tomato seed extract (TSE) for treating cardiovascular ailments, neurological disorders, and act as antioxidant, anticancer, and antimicrobial agent. Utilization of bioactive components can improve the economic feasibility of the tomato processing industry and may help to reduce the environmental pollution generated by tomato by-products.
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- 2021