Plant Lycopersicon esculentum (Solanaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Tomato

How this plant is used

Food

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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
MALIC-ACID	15	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Fruit	0.6	100.0	0.26	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
METHANOL	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Fruit	16.0	1322.0	0.45	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-2-BUTYRIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-6-HEPTEN-5-ON-2	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-GLYOXAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-SALICYLATE	21	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MEVALONIC-ACID	0	Fruit	3.0	4.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Fruit	0.0	6.0	0.72	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N(6)-ISOPENT-2-ENYL-ADENINE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-DOTRIACONTANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HENTRIACONTANE	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXANOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTANOL	0	Fruit	7.0	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TETRATRIACONTANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TRITRIACONTANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARCOTINE	6	Fruit	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
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	1	Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
Mitotic	1	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Molluscicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Monoamine-Precursor	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Monoaminergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	2	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	2	Martindale's 29th
Mucotropic	1	Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Mutagenic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	4	Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Myostimulant	1	UNESCO. 1960. Medicinal Plants of the Arid Zones. eds.(botany) I.C. Chopra, B.K. Abrol and K.L. Hands; eds (pharmacology), R. Paris and G. Dillemann UNESCO, Place de Fontenoy, Paris 7E. 96 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic	3	Martindale's 29th