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Descriptor English: Tomatine
Descriptor Spanish: Tomatina
Descriptor tomatina
Scope note: Alcaloide que se encuentra en el extracto de las hojas de plantas de tomate silvestre. Se ha visto que inhibe el crecimiento de diversos hongos y bacterias. Se utiliza como agente precipitante de esteroides.
Descriptor Portuguese: Tomatina
Descriptor French: Tomatine
Tree number(s): D03.132.760.864
D09.408.934
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014053
Scope note: 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 used as a precipitating agent for steroids. (From The Merck Index, 11th ed)
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Anti-Infective Agents
Antifungal Agents
Indicators and Reagents
Registry Number: 31U6547O08
CAS Type 1 Name: 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)-
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under ALKALOIDS 1964-90
History Note: 91(64); was see under ALKALOIDS 1964-90
DeCS ID: 14443
Unique ID: D014053
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Tomatine - Preferred
Concept UI M0021644
Scope note 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 used as a precipitating agent for steroids. (From The Merck Index, 11th ed)
Preferred term Tomatine



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