TABLE 1.

Carotenoids and apocarotenoids in 360 mL tomato juices administered daily

	High-β-carotene tomato juice1	High-lycopene tomato juice2
Carotenoid, mg/d
Phytoene	1.55	7.09
Phytofluene	0.23	2.62
β-Carotene	30.4	0.65
Other cis-lycopene	0.46	4.66
All-trans- + 5-cis-lycopene	0.46	37.8
Total lycopene	0.92	42.5
Total carotenoids	33.1	52.9
Apocarotenoid, μg
6′-Aldehyde	—	49.4
8′-Aldehyde	18.3	45.3
10′-Aldehyde	1.28	2.04
12′-Aldehyde	4.99	9.82
14′-Aldehyde	1.39	1.78
15′-Aldehyde	1.78	2.91
13′-Ketone	6.79	7.93
Total apocarotenoids	34.5	119

¹High-β-carotene tomato juice contained no detectable apolycopenoids.

²High-lycopene tomato juice contained no detectable apocarotenals, but did contain 0.62 μg β-apo-13-carotenone.