Lycopene from tomatoes and tomato products exerts renoprotective effects by ameliorating oxidative stress, apoptotic, pyroptotic, fibrotic, and inflammatory injury in calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis: underlying mechanisms

Several mechanisms underlying nephrolithiasis, one of the most common urological diseases, involve calcium oxalate formation, including oxidative stress, inflammatory reactions, fibrosis, pyroptosis, and apoptosis. Although lycopene has strong antioxidant activity,...