Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Lycopene (daga neo-Latin Lycopersicum, nau'in tumatir) shine hydrocarbon carotenoid mai launin ja mai haske wanda aka samo a cikin tumatir da sauran 'ya'yan itace da kayan marmari, kamar su karas ja, watermelons, gac, da papayas, amma ba ya cikin strawberries ko cherries. Kodayake lycopene shine carotene a cikin sunadarai, ba shi da aikin bitamin A. Abincin da ba ja ba na iya ƙunsar lycopene, kamar bishiyar asparagus da faski. A cikin tsire-tsire, algae, da sauran kwayoyin photosynthetic, lycopene matsakaici ne a cikin biosynthesis na yawancin carotenoids, gami da beta-carotene, wanda ke da alhakin launin rawaya, lemu, ko ja, photosynthesis, da kuma kariya ta hoto. Kamar sauran carotenoids, lycopene wani tetraterpene ne. Ba shi narkewa cikin ruwa. Halin haɗe-haɗe guda goma sha ɗaya ya ba lycopene launin ja mai zurfi. Saboda launi mai ƙarfi, lycopene yana da amfani azaman mai canza launin abinci (wanda aka yi rajista a matsayin E160d) kuma an yarda da amfani da shi a cikin Amurka, Ostiraliya da New Zealand (wanda aka yi rajista a matsayin 160d) da Tarayyar Turai.  Tambaya: me aka amince a yi amfani da shi a matsayin launin abinci?
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