Functional quality and antioxidant composition of selected tomato (Solanum lycopersicon L) cultivars grown in Northern India

► A comparison of antioxidant activity in tomatoes by FRAP, DPPH and ABTS assays. ► Solanum pimpinellifolium had six times higher lycopene than commercial tomatoes. ► TEAC assay is more appropriate for evaluating lipophilic antioxidant activity in tomatoes.