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Male F344 rats fed a 10% tomato powder diet displayed a distinct tissue specific tomato carotenoid accumulation, such that phytofluene and lycopene had the highest carotenoid accumulation in the liver and prostate, respectively. Provision of a single oral dose of either phytoene or phytofluene resulted in an increase in the dosed carotenoid concentration in most tissues. To evaluate an interrelationship between phytofluene, lycopene, or tomato powder consumption and androgen status, castrated or sham-operated, male F344 rats were provided with oral supplementation of phytofluene or lycopene or fed a 10% tomato powder or control diet for 4 d. Results show that short-term carotenoid and tomato intake lowered serum testosterone concentrations, potentially by modulation of prostate and/or testes steroidogenic enzyme mRNA expression. 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