Lycopene (mai le neo-Latin Lycopersicum, le ituaiga tamato) o se carotenoid hydrocarbon mumu pupula o loʻo maua i tamato ma isi fualaʻau mumu ma fualaʻau, pei o karoti mumu, meleni, gac, ma papaya, ae le o iai i strawberries poʻo cherries. E ui o le lycopene o vailaʻau o le carotene, e leai se vitamini A gaioiga. O meaʻai e le mumu e mafai foi ona iai le lycopene, pei o asparagus ma parsley. I laʻau, algae, ma isi photosynthetic meaola, lycopene o se ogatotonu i le biosynthesis o le tele o carotenoids, e aofia ai le beta-carotene, lea e nafa ma le samasama, poʻo le mumu, pigmentation, photosynthesis, ma photoprotection.
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