Antioxydants igira uruhare runini mumubiri wacu mukurinda kwangizwa na radicals yubuntu, ari molekile idahindagurika ishobora kwangiza selile kandi ikagira uruhare mu iterambere ryindwara zidakira.

Hariho inyungu nyinshi zubuzima zijyanye no kunywa lycopene, zimwe murizo zagaragajwe hepfo:

Kugabanya ibyago byindwara zidakira
Ubushakashatsi bwerekanye ko gufata ibiryo bikungahaye kuri lycopene bishobora gufasha kugabanya ibyago byindwara zidakira nk'indwara z'umutima, kanseri na diyabete. Lycopene yerekanwe ifasha kurinda cholesterol ya LDL yangiza okiside, ishobora gutuma plaque yiyongera kandi ikongera ibyago byo kurwara umutima. Byongeye kandi, lycopene yasanze ifite imiti irwanya kanseri bitewe n'ubushobozi ifite bwo kurinda ingirabuzimafatizo no kwangiza imikurire ya kanseri.

Gushyigikira ubuzima bw'amaso
Lycopene yasanze igira uruhare mu gushyigikira ubuzima bw'amaso irinda indwara ziterwa n'imyaka ziterwa n'imyaka, cataracte ndetse n'ubumuga bwo kutabona. Imiterere ya antioxydeant ifasha kurinda ijisho ryijisho no guteza imbere icyerekezo cyiza.

Kurinda ubuzima bwuruhu
Lycopene yabonetse ifasha kurinda uruhu kwangirika kwizuba mugabanya gucana no kwirinda guhagarika umutima. Kwangirika kw'izuba ni imwe mu mpamvu zingenzi zitera gusaza imburagihe na kanseri y'uruhu, kandi lycopene irashobora gufasha kwirinda ibyo bibazo mu guhagarika radicals z'ubuntu ziterwa n'izuba.

Gutezimbere Uburumbuke bwumugabo
Ubushakashatsi bwerekanye ko lycopene igira ingaruka nziza ku myororokere y’umugabo mu kuzamura ubwiza bw’intanga no kubara. Ibi biterwa na antioxydeant irinda intanga ngabo kwangirika kwa okiside no kunoza umuvuduko.