FIGURE 1.

Final liver lycopene (A), liver retinol concentrations per gram of the tissue (B), and total liver content (C) for the lycopene study in male Mongolian gerbils that consumed treatment feeds consisting of H, MH, ML, and L concentrations of lycopene that were equalized in PACs, all sourced from red carrots (Lycopene study). The positive control was dosed with preformed vitamin A in soybean oil. All values are group means ± SD (n = 10/group; baseline n = 5) and groups labeled with different letters were significantly different (P < 0.05). H, high lycopene; L, low lycopene; Lyc, lycopene; MH, medium-high lycopene; ML, medium-low lycopene; PAC, provitamin A carotenoids; VA, vitamin A.