Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) seed: A review on bioactives and biomedical activities

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 pro...

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Published in:Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy 2021-10, Vol.142, p.112018, Article 112018
Main Authors: Kumar, Manoj, Tomar, Maharishi, Bhuyan, Deep Jyoti, Punia, Sneh, Grasso, Simona, Sá, Amanda Gomes Almeida, Carciofi, Bruno Augusto Mattar, Arrutia, Fátima, Changan, Sushil, Radha, Singh, Surinder, Dhumal, Sangram, Senapathy, M., Satankar, Varsha, Anitha, T., Sharma, Anshu, Pandiselvam, R., Amarowicz, Ryszard, Mekhemar, Mohamed
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biological activities
Dietary Supplements
Food Industry - economics
Health promoting effects
Humans
Industrial Waste - economics
Industrial Waste - prevention & control
Lycopersicon esculentum - chemistry
Phytochemicals
Phytochemicals - chemistry
Phytochemicals - isolation & purification
Plant Extracts - chemistry
Plant Extracts - isolation & purification
Plant Extracts - pharmacology
Seeds
Tomato seeds
Waste Management - methods
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0753-3322
1950-6007
DOI:10.1016/j.biopha.2021.112018