The effect of tomato ketchup extracts and lycopene (7.5 µM), α-tocopherol (1.4 µM) and ascorbic acid (55 µM) on gene expression of E-selectin and ICAM-1 in HUVEC after an inflammatory challenge.

Data are presented as mean ± S.E.M. of 3 triplicates,* significantly lower (P≤0.05) than the control (only the inflammatory challenge). Mix AOX: the combination of lycopene, α-tocopherol and ascorbic acid; Hydro: hydrophilic tomato ketchup extract; Lipo: lipophilic tomato ketchup extract; Mix extracts: the combination of the hydrophilic and lipophilic tomato ketchup extracts.