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Tomatine

Known as: Tomatine [Chemical/Ingredient], beta-D-Galactopyranoside, (3beta,5alpha,22beta,25S)-spirosolan-3-yl O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-2)-O-(beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-3))-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-4)- 
An alkaloid that occurs in the extract of leaves of wild tomato plants. It has been found to inhibit the growth of various fungi and bacteria. It is… 
National Institutes of Health

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Anti-Infective AgentsAntifungal AgentsIndicators and Reagents
In Bloodagonistsanalogs & derivativesantagonists & inhibitors

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alpha-tomatinedehydrotomatinetomatidine

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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Total Phenolic, Flavonoid, Tomatine, and Tomatidine Contents and Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Extracts of Tomato Plant
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of extracts of different fractions of two… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Is the C:N ratio a reliable indicator of C allocation to primary and defence-related metabolisms in tomato?
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Dehydrotomatine and alpha-tomatine content in tomato fruits and vegetative plant tissues.
Tomato plants (Lycopersicon esculentum) synthesize the glycoalkaloids dehydrotomatine and alpha-tomatine, possibly as a defense… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Effect of feeding solanidine, solasodine and tomatidine to non-pregnant and pregnant mice.
Review
2002
Review
2002
Tomato glycoalkaloids: role in the plant and in the diet.
Tomatoes, a major food source for humans, accumulate a variety of secondary metabolites including phenolic compounds… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Antioxidative activity and carotenoid and tomatine contents in different typologies of fresh consumption tomatoes.
The phytonutrient intake associated with tomato consumption depends also on cultivar and fruit ripening stage. This work… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
The effect of some Solanum steroidal alkaloids and glycoalkaloids on larvae of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, and the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Tomatine and Parasitic Wasps: Potential Incompatibility of Plant Antibiosis with Biological Control
α-Tomatine, an alkaloid in tomato plants, is toxic to an endoparasite of a major lepidopterous pest of tomatoes. The parasite… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Effect of diosgenin on lipid metabolism in rats.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether diosgenin suppresses cholesterol absorption in rats, and to examine relevant… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Studies on the mode of action of tomatine as a fungitoxic agent.
Removal of 1 or more sugar residues from the alpha-tomatine molecule markedly decreased its fungitoxicity. While partial… 
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