"Tomatine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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)
| Descriptor ID |
D014053
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.132.760.864 D09.408.934
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