| Abstrakt: |
When we were developing our high anthocyanin tomatoes, we wanted to differentiate them from the heirloom "blue" and "black" tomatoes, which do not possess anthocyanins, which is why we chose the term "Indigo". When cancer-prone mice were given Martin's purple tomatoes as part of their diet, they lived 30 percent longer than mice fed the same quantity of ordinary tomatoes; they were also less susceptible to inflammatory bowel disease." From a scientific standpoint the GMO tomato work has been very interesting for studies into gene expression as well as investigating the health benefits of anthocyanins from a tomato source. [Extracted from the article] |
