the purpose of this study was to evaluate that if lycopene, a potent antioxidant can be used
in the treatment of oral lichen planus. this could be useful as lycopene has no reported side
effects and hence it can used in place of steroids which are commonly used for this condition
and have many reported adverse effects.
lycopene can be used in the treatment of this condition as free radicals have been found to
play a role in the cause of this disease and also lower levels of lycopene were seen in these
patints.