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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Lycopersicon esculentum (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Tomato
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *
1',2'-EPOXY-1',2'-DIHYDRO-BETA-PSI-CAROTENE 0 Fruit *
1,2-EPOXY-1,2-DIHYDRO-PSI,PSI-CAROTENE 0 Fruit *
1-BUTYL-2-THIAZOL 0 Fruit *
1-O-FERULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Fruit *
1-O-P-COUMAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Fruit *
10,16-DIHYDROXY-DECANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
10,16-DIHYDROXY-HEXADECANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
16-HYDROXY-HEXADECANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
2,7-DIMETHYL-OCT-4-ENEDIOIC-ACID 0 Shoot 1.2 *
2,7-DIMETHYL-OCTA-2,4-DIENOIC-ACID 0 Shoot 1.8 *
2-BUTANONE 0 Fruit *
2-PENTANONE 0 Fruit *
2-PROPANONE 0 Fruit *
24-(R)-ETHYL-LOPHENOL 0 Seed *
24-METHYL-31-NOR-LANOST-9(11)-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed *
24-METHYL-LOPHENOL 0 Seed *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTANAL 0 Seed *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENAL 0 Plant *
3-BETA-HYDROXY-5-ALPHA-PREG-16-EN-20-ONE 0 Shoot *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Toxic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tranquilizer 5 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 2 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.
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Tremorilytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 3 Martindale's 29th
Trichomonistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Triglycerigenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Trypanocide 1 *
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumor-Promoter 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 8 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 5 *
Uricogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th