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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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1',2'-EPOXY-1',2'-DIHYDRO-BETA-PSI-CAROTENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,2-EPOXY-1,2-DIHYDRO-PSI,PSI-CAROTENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-BUTYL-2-THIAZOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-O-FERULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-O-P-COUMAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
10,16-DIHYDROXY-DECANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
10,16-DIHYDROXY-HEXADECANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
16-HYDROXY-HEXADECANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,7-DIMETHYL-OCT-4-ENEDIOIC-ACID 0 Shoot not available 1.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
2,7-DIMETHYL-OCTA-2,4-DIENOIC-ACID 0 Shoot not available 1.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-BUTANONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-PENTANONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-PROPANONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-(R)-ETHYL-LOPHENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYL-31-NOR-LANOST-9(11)-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYL-LOPHENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTANAL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENAL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-HYDROXY-5-ALPHA-PREG-16-EN-20-ONE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 4 Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidifier 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acnegenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Addictive 1 Science News, 145: 294.
Additive 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Adrenergic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 9 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.