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
Radioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant	1	Martindale's 28th
Renotoxic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Respiraparalytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Respirastimulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Retinoprotectant Optometry	1	Duke, 1992 *
Roborant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Rodenticide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Rubefacient	2	Martindale's 29th
Scabicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sclerosant	1	Martindale's 29th
Secretogogue	1	Duke, 1992 *
Secretomotor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	15	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Sequestrant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Serotonin-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Serotoninergic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue	1	Martindale's 29th
Soap	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.