#lycopene

[eyeshields]

Thank you illustrations from Murata to artists who contributed art to the BRAINxBRAVE special issue part 4 (pt1 / pt2 / pt3).

From top to bottom, these are for: Eiichiro Oda (One Piece), Kishimoto Masashi (Naruto), Katayama Ayaka (Fungus and Iron/Kin to Tetsu), and Oishi Koji (Lycopene the Tomatoy Poodle)

[shoebanfoo]

Hygieia, Greek goddess of good health and disease prevention.

Drawn as a commission.

[boxafeller]

I really like her design

[nutrapure]

[afimdobrasil]

*Ponyo Sakana.

Afimdobrasil

[themancorialist]

Black Horse Street, Greater Manchester.

[conspectusargosy]

Golden tomatoes photographed with UVIVF as a commission from Lycored, a company which produces carotene concentrates among other goods. The outer two tomatoes have some red pigmentation which exhibits different shades of fluorescence in response to the UVA light source. Golden tomatoes contain increased amounts of ‘invisible’ carotenoids phytoene and photofluene which are active in the ultraviolet region of the EM spectrum.

[intelligentliving]

Tomato Pigment Found To Improve Sperm Quality

A dietary compound called lycopene, found in tomatoes, has the power to improve sperm quality. It could help fight male infertility, study finds.