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
LEUCINES	0	Fruit	1.0	90.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCIONPINE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCIONPINE-LACTAM	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Fruit	830.0	13720.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LITHIUM	11	Fruit	0.3	0.7	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
LOPHENOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN	15	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN-5,6-EPOXIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN-EPOXIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPENE	16	Fruit	1.0	20.0	-0.97	Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPERSICONOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPERSICONOLIDE	0	Root	not available	6.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPHYLL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYCOXANTHIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Fruit	20.0	5455.0	0.35	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	70.0	6000.0	1.79	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Leaf	not available	4300.0	0.07	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