Figure 1.

Plasma concentration of lycopene (A), β-carotene (B), α-tocopherol (C), and retinol (D) in men (n = 18) and women (n = 9) after a habitual diet (H) and after a 1-wk lycopene-containing food restricted diet (LYr) followed by 1-wk of supplementation with a 80 mg/day >98% pure lycopene (LYs) under continued LYr in both a fasting state and 3-h post high-fat meal (HFm) and low-fat meal (LFm) in men and 3-h post HFm in women. Values are means (SD). p < 0.05.

^adenotes a significant effect of either the LYr or LYs condition compared to the H condition, and ^bdenotes a significant effect of the LYs condition compared to the LYr condition. There were no significant interactions. See Results for details of main effect sex and meal statistical comparisons.