Tomatine

Quick meaning: Tomatine is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) A toxic glycoalkaloid with fungicidal properties, found in the stems and leaves of tomato plants.

Meaning

(organic chemistry) A toxic glycoalkaloid with fungicidal properties, found in the stems and leaves of tomato plants.

Example Sentences

Some of these, such as α-chaconines and α-tomatines, are generally antiparasitic (general prohibitions; see also sections 3.231, 3.2333, 8.4213).

However, because of the marked antifungal activity of tomatine and other saponins, these preformed compounds are believed to be involved in host resistance towards saponin-sensitive fungi.

2012, Cheryll Williams, Medicinal Plants in Australia, Volume 3: Plants, Potions and Poisons, page 156, In addition, the level of tomatine in transgenic tomatoes (190–280 mg/100 g fresh weight) was increased substantially from that of the parent (35 mg/100 g) and the standard transgenic tomato (12 mg/100 g).

2006, John R. Stommel, 6: Genetic Enhancement of Tomato Fruit Nutritive Value, Maharaj K. Razdan, Autar K. Mattoo (editors), Genetic Improvement of Solanaceous Crops, Volume 2: Tomato, page 208, Tomato accumulates the glycoalkaloids a-tomatine and dehydrotomatine in a 10 : 1 ratio (Madhavi and Salunkhe 1998).

Word Forms

• tomatines

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tomatidenol, solanine, lycotetraose, solanin, rishitin, tokorogenin.

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