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|Section2= |Section3= }} Tomatine is a glycoalkaloid found in the stems and leaves of tomato plants, which has fungicidal properties.〔"tomatine." McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2003. Answers.com 28 Mar. 2010. (http://www.answers.com/topic/tomatine )〕 Chemically pure tomatine is a white crystalline solid at standard temperature and pressure.〔(tomatine (CHEBI:9630) )〕 Tomatine as well as the a-glycone derivative Tomatidine have been shown to have multiple health benefits. Tomatine has antimicrobial properties against certain classes of microbes although some microbes produce an enzyme called tomatinase which can degrade tomatine, rendering it ineffective as an antimicrobial. == Uses == Tomatine has been used as a reagent in analytical chemistry for precipitating cholesterol from solution.〔 Also, tomatine is known to be an immune adjuvant in connection with certain protein antigens. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tomatine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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