The research and development team at Phytoremedies has an incessant aspiration to create new possibilities of value addition to the formulations of its customers in the healthcare, nutritional and food industry.

A number of naturally active nutrients, which our body creates for its maintenance and defense mechanism, get depleted leading to health imbalances and diseases. Hence the natural health supplements, aims at isolating these nutrients from the natural sources and are being formulated in various dosage forms like tablets, soft gel capsules, hard shell capsules, for supplementation to replenish the depleted nutrient in the human body.

A large number of clinical studies have proved the importance of these formulations to the human body. Now since a substantial time has passed after the dosage of these natural ingredients is in use, a new stream of studies and research is emerging, analyzing the efficacy of a single, isolated and purified nutrient for the desired results vis-à-vis the present functioning of a healthy human body in which a large number of active substances are acting in synergy with each other for overall effectiveness.

Hence the proactive team of nutritional technicians at Phytoremedies, is striving to develop ingredients, which will combine the synergistic effects of multiple nutrients with the aim of creating value addition to the existing formulations of healthcare, nutritional and food industry.

Our product 'LycoLiv' combines the synergistic health benefits of two highly effective nutrients, Tomato Lycopene and Glutathione.

Tomato Lycopene: As a major carotenoid in human blood, lycopene protects against oxidative damage to lipids, proteins and DNA and has comparatively stronger anti-oxidant properties than other plasma carotenoids. Lycopene has been found to be potent and specific inhibitor of cancer cell proliferation. Lycopene may prevent malignant transformation i.e. the transformation of normal cell into a cancer cell and induces phase II enzymes, which help to eliminate carcinogens and toxins from the body. Hence Lycopene intake has been associated with lower incidences of cancers like prostate, breast, digestive tract and Cardio Vascular Disease.

Glutathione: Glutathione (g-glutamylcysteinylglycine, GSH) is a sulfohydryl (-SH) antioxidant, antitoxin and enzyme cofactor. Glutathione deficiency contributes to oxidative stress, which plays key role in aging and pathogenesis of many diseases like lever disease, alzeimer's disease, parkinson's disease, seizure, sickle cell anemia etc. GSH is a systemic anti-toxin and is especially important for those organs most directly exposed to exogenous toxins such as lungs, intestines, kidneys and particularly lever. The liver is the organ most involved in detoxifications of xenobiotics (substances foreign to the body) and the main storage locale of GSH (actually exporting GSH to the other organs). Hence GSH depletion has been the most important contributory factor to liver injury and to enhance morbidity related to lever hypofunction.

Compatibility of Lycopene and Glutathione: Lycopene supplementation significantly restores Glutathione and malondialdehyde levels and increases the levels of Glutathione peroxides, Glutathione S-transferase and Glutathione reductase leading to diminished lipid peroxidation and enhancement of GSH dependent enzymes in the pouch, liver and erythrocytes. Glutathione is a highly effective cellular regulator and has a profound importance in cellular homeostasis. It takes care of intracellular antioxidant activity and Lycopene has a highly effective extracellular antioxidant activity. Hence both these nutrients in combination act as a potent antioxidant for the whole body and are Liver protective, Anti Cancer and Anti Cytocidal.

LycoLiv is a value added ingredient with easily applicable and bioavailable forms of Lycopene and Glutathione in combination Vitamin C. The major function of Vitamin C is to keep Glutathione in its reduced form to facilitate the combination's free radical quenching effects.

LycoLiv has been made available both, in Oil form and Microencapsulated Powder form, for the convenience of our customers engaged in the formulations of softgel, hard shell capsules and tablets.