Role of Lycopene in Hypertension

 Role of Lycopene

  In Hypertension

Lycopene is a bioactive red pigment found

In plants in red fruits and vegetables 

eg Tomato pink Guava Papaya and 

 watermelon.

            Hypertension 

A systolic blood pressure of more than 140

mm Hg or Dystolic blood pressure of 90

mmHg or both is known as High Blood 

Pressure.

       High blood pressure is promoted by

Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol

,and smoking.it is third leading cause of 

Mortality from cardiovascular disease.

    Hypertension is also a major cause of

  Stroke and renal failure.

       Hypertension is associated with 

Oxidative stress and inflammatory

Processes.

   Chronic Hypertension

Can cause

1 Renal Failure

2 LVH Left Ventricular Failure

3 CHD Cardiovascular Heart didease

4 HF Heart Failure

5 Stroke

6 Retinopathy

        Hypertension developed by 

Oxidative stress lowers nitric oxide

Resulting in endothelial dysfunction

All promote hypertension .

Lycopene Advantages.   

Reduces oxidative stress increases Nitric

Oxide generation in endothelium acting 

As antioxidant and decreases blood

Pressure. 

 In a Korean study 299 men showed

Significant reduction in their blood pressure

After 8 weeks of 15mg /day Lycopene

Supplementation.

Ref  Antioxidants (Basel) 2022Feb :11(2):232

  

      May.  Nasser

       Bin---Jumah

       Muhammad 

Shahid Nadeem,

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Imaran Laxmi