Antioxydants zigira uruhare runini mu mubiri wacu mu gukumira kwangirika guterwa na radicals libre, ari zo molekile zidahindagurika zishobora kwangiza uturemangingo no kugira uruhare mu gutera indwara zidakira.

Hari inyungu nyinshi ku buzima zijyanye no kunywa lycopene, zimwe muri zo zikaba zigaragara hano hasi:

Kugabanya ibyago byo kurwara indwara zidakira
Ubushakashatsi bwagaragaje ko kurya ibiryo bikungahaye kuri lycopene buri gihe bishobora gufasha kugabanya ibyago byo kurwara indwara zidakira nk'indwara z'umutima, kanseri na diyabete. Lycopene byagaragaye ko ifasha mu gukumira kolesteroli mbi ya LDL idashobora kongera ogisijeni, ibi bikaba bishobora gutuma habaho plaque mu mitsi no kongera ibyago byo kurwara indwara z'umutima. Byongeye kandi, lycopene byagaragaye ko ifite ubushobozi bwo kurwanya kanseri bitewe n'ubushobozi bwayo bwo kurinda uturemangingo kwangirika no kubuza ikura ry'uturemangingo twa kanseri.

Gushyigikira ubuzima bw'amaso
Bigaragara ko Lycopene igira uruhare mu gufasha amaso kumererwa neza binyuze mu kurinda indwara zo mu maso ziterwa no gusaza, indwara ya cataract n'izindi ndwara zo kutabona neza. Imiterere yayo irwanya ogisijeni ifasha mu kurinda indorerwamo z'amaso no guteza imbere kureba neza.

Kurinda ubuzima bw'uruhu
Lycopene byagaragaye ko ifasha mu kurinda uruhu kwangirika kw'izuba binyuze mu kugabanya ubushyuhe no gukumira stress ya oxidative. Kwangirika kw'izuba ni imwe mu mpamvu z'ingenzi zitera gusaza imburagihe na kanseri y'uruhu, kandi lycopene ishobora gufasha mu gukumira ibi bibazo binyuze mu gukuraho uturemangingo tw’ubuntu duterwa no kwibasirwa n'izuba.

Kunoza uburumbuke bw'abagabo
Ubushakashatsi bwagaragaje ko lycopene igira ingaruka nziza ku burumbuke bw'abagabo kuko yongera ubwiza n'ubwinshi bw'intanga. Ibi biterwa n'ubushobozi bwayo bwo kurwanya ogisijeni, burinda intanga kwangirika kwa ogisijeni kandi bukongera ubushobozi bwo kugenda.