Purple tomatoes: The richness of antioxidants against tumors
Found on Physorg on Saturday, 25 October 2008
"At a closer chemical analysis it comes out that our purple tomato has a very high antioxidant activity, almost tripled in comparison to the natural fruit thus it is very useful to study the effect of anthocyanins".
"But mice fed with purple tomatoes showed a significant increase of lifespan". The last group has reported an average lifespan of 182 days in comparison to the 142 recorded for mice fed standard diet.
Tomatoes are good for more than just ketchup. Besides salad, they also make a nice relish, chutney and jam.