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Plant Lycopersicon esculentum (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Tomato
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
DIHYDROZEATIN 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPOXY-5,6-IONENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPOXY-LUTEIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHANOL 24 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-PHENOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYLENE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FALCARINDIOL 13 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FALCARINOL 16 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FARNESAL 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FARNESYL-ACETONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 1330.0 47441.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 150000.0 250000.0 -0.08 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 4700.0 77691.0 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE 0 Fruit 0.0 1.7 0.34 Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Fruit 0.0 2.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID 13 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Fruit not available 11700.0 -0.75 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Urine-Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotrophic 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Varroacide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vasoconstrictor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 15 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 4 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vertigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vibriocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).