Biochemical and pharmacotherapeutic potentials of lycopene in drug discovery

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Anambra State, Nigeria gNutritional Biochemistry and Toxicology Unit, World Bank Africa Centre of Excellence, Centre for Public Health and Toxicological Research (ACE-PUTOR), University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria hDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Federal University Wukari, Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria iDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbial Sciences, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab, India jDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India kDepartment of Pharmacognosy & Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria lDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Davao Medical School Foundation, Inc., Davao City, Philippines mDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt nDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, October University for Modern Sciences and Arts (MSA), 6th of October, Egypt oDepartment of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Kundli, Sonepat, Haryana, India pDepartment of Biochemistry, Natural Product Research Laboratory, Bauchi State University, Gadau, Bauchi State, Nigeria qWomen University, Mardan, Pakistan rDepartment of Pharmacology, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India sInstitute of Home and Food Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan tFood Processing Centre, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States uDepartment of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran vVocational School of Health Services, Bilecik S¸eyh Edebali University, Bilecik, Turkey wDepartment of Pharmaceutical Microbiology & Biotechnology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria xDepartment of Science Education, University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines yDepartment of Biotechnology, Techno India University, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal, India zPhytomedicine Research, Drug Discovery and Development Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria aaSchool of Food Science and Engineering, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Natural Products and Product Safety, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China abDepartment of Biological System Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States acDepartment of Biochemistry, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria