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# Lycopene, beta-carotene fight breast cancer?
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/lycopene_beta-carotene_fights_breast_cancer_0807160801/
- Published: 2016-08-07T08:55:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T14:39:52.000Z
- Description: A short citation-led note on a 2014 Anticancer Research paper reporting that lycopene and beta-carotene induced cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis in human breast cancer cell lines, with background on the foods that contain the two pigments.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Phytochemicals, Nutrition, #vivvo-import

### [Lycopene and beta-carotene induce cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis in human breast **cancer** cell lines](http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/34/3/1377.short?ref=foodconsumer.org)

NF Gloria, N Soares, C Brand, FL Oliveira… - Anticancer …, 2014 - ar.iiarjournals.org[**Lycopene**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycopene?ref=foodconsumer.org) from the [neo-Latin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Latin?ref=foodconsumer.org) [*lycopersicum*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycopersicum?ref=foodconsumer.org), the tomato species, is a bright red [carotene](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carotene?ref=foodconsumer.org) and[carotenoid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carotenoid?ref=foodconsumer.org) pigment and [phytochemical](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytochemical?ref=foodconsumer.org) found in[tomatoes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato?ref=foodconsumer.org) and other red fruits and vegetables, such as red [carrots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot?ref=foodconsumer.org), [watermelons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon?ref=foodconsumer.org), [gac](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gac?ref=foodconsumer.org), and [papayas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaya?ref=foodconsumer.org), according to wikipedia.[Beta-carotene](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta-Carotene?ref=foodconsumer.org) is found in carrots, sweet potatoes, and spinach.Some breast cancer patients claimed they cured their breast cancer by following a vegetarian diet including drinking carrot juice.Photo credit: [Marco Verch](https://www.flickr.com/people/30478819@N08?ref=foodconsumer.org)