Beneficial Effect of Tomato Juice Drinking on Anti-Mutagenicity of Saliva
10.1265/ehpm.7.289
- Author:
Masahiro TODA
;
Kanehisa MORIMOTO
;
Sei-ichi NAKAMURA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
anti-mutagenicity;
human saliva;
umu test;
tomato juice drinking;
lycopene
- MeSH:
Tomatoes;
Saliva;
Alcohol consumption;
g <3>;
Drinking function
- From:Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
2002;7(6):289-291
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of tomato juice drinking on the anti-mutagenicity of saliva. Methods: Subjects were 22 healthy male university students. They were divided into tomato group and control group. The tomato group drank tomato juice for 10 days. The anti-mutagenicity of saliva was measured using the umu test. Results: In the tomato group, there was a significant increase in the inhibiting capacity of saliva on the mutagenicity of AF-2 after tomato juice drinking for 10 days. This increase was, however, temporary. In the control group, there was no such change in the inhibiting capacity of saliva. Conclusions: These findings suggest the significant effect of tomato juice drinking on the anti-mutagenicity of saliva. In addition, lycopene may have played an important role in its mechanism.
