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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Lycopersicon esculentum (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Tomato
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1',2'-EPOXY-1',2'-DIHYDRO-BETA-EPSILON-PSEUDOCAROTENE 0 Fruit *
1',2'-EPOXY-1',2'-DIHYDRO-BETA-PSI-CAROTENE 0 Fruit *
1,2-EPOXY-1,2-DIHYDRO-PSI,PSI-CAROTENE 0 Fruit *
1-BUTYL-2-THIAZOL 0 Fruit *
1-O-FERULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Fruit *
1-O-P-COUMAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Fruit *
10,16-DIHYDROXY-DECANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
10,16-DIHYDROXY-HEXADECANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
16-HYDROXY-HEXADECANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
2,7-DIMETHYL-OCT-4-ENEDIOIC-ACID 0 Shoot 1.2 *
2,7-DIMETHYL-OCTA-2,4-DIENOIC-ACID 0 Shoot 1.8 *
2-BUTANONE 0 Fruit *
2-PENTANONE 0 Fruit *
2-PROPANONE 0 Fruit *
24-(R)-ETHYL-LOPHENOL 0 Seed *
24-METHYL-31-NOR-LANOST-9(11)-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed *
24-METHYL-LOPHENOL 0 Seed *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTANAL 0 Seed *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENAL 0 Plant *
3-BETA-HYDROXY-5-ALPHA-PREG-16-EN-20-ONE 0 Shoot *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 4 (View) *
Acarifuge 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidifier 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant 4 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acnegenic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Addictive 1 (View) Science News, 145: 294.
Additive 2 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Adrenergic 2 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 9 (View) Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.