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Plant Lycopersicon esculentum (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Tomato
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FURFURAL 6 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GABA 22 Fruit 220.0 480.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CAROTENE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETONE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLINS 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit not available 16300.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 90.0 54053.0 3.18 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCERIC-ACID 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 23.0 3637.0 0.01 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOLIC-ACID 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYOXAL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAMISTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUAIACOL 18 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEMICELLULOSE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTADIEN-TRANS-2,CIS-4-AL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTADIEN-TRANS-2,TRANS-4-AL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTULOSE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXADIEN-TRANS-2-,TRANS-4-AL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiamebic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antiamnesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamyloid-Beta 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaphthic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiapoplectic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarachidonate 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 6 Merck 11th Edition
Antiarteriosclerotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 13 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *