A compound of the steroid glycoside class, present in the stems and leaves of the tomato and related plants.
〔化〕番茄（碱糖）苷，番茄素
Example sentencesExamples
- Two common examples are tomatine from tomato and nicotine from tobacco.
- In N. crassa, erg-3 mutants display an increased sensitivity to isoflavonoids such as pisatin, maackiain, and biochanin A and increased resistance to the steroidal glycoside tomatine.
- Furthermore, the effects of thermal regime and tomatine on food consumption and biomass gained differed for females and males.
- Tomatine levels in this variety are compatible to tomatine levels in commercial tomato varieties.
- A much smaller surface pressure increase is observed when tomatine is injected beneath a pure DMPC monolayer.