Isolation of Lycopene from Tomato Paste using column chromatography
Lycopene, the red pigment of the tomato, is a c40-carotenoid made up of eight isoprene units. B-Carotene, the yellow pigment of the carrot is an isomer of Lycopene in which the double bonds at c1-C2 and C 1-C2 are replaced by bonds extending from C1 to C6 and from C1 to C6 to form rings, and is also a constituent of the tomato.