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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
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
Larvistat 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 6 Duke, 1992 *
Laxative? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic 1 LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
Lipotropic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 8 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lymphocytogenic 1 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Memranolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator 3 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.