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
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	not available	5500.0	0.10	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE	5	Plant	not available	0.1	-0.87	Booth, S. L., Suttie, J. W. 1998. Dietary intake and adequacy of vitamin K. J. Nutrition, 128(5): 785-788.
PHYTOENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOENE-1,2-OXIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOFLUENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Fruit	70.0	1157.0	0.27	Duke, 1992 *
PIPECOLIC-ACID	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POLYGALACTURONASE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	780.0	58800.0	3.62	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	not available	47000.0	0.74	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Fruit	170.0	2810.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Root	not available	541.0	-0.94	Duke, 1992 *
PROLYCOPENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROPANOLS	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROPIONIC-ACID	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	8790.0	148935.0	0.53	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOPECTIN	0	Fruit	11700.0	24200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYRUVIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-RHAMNOSIDE	1	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
Natriuretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide	8	Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Nematistat	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neoplastic	1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEP-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroexcitant	1	Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Neurolytic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Neuroprotective	4	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter	2	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic	2	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Odontolytic	1	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	5	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osmoregulator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.