Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
tom·a·tine Pronunciation:
'täm-&-"tEn Variant:
or tom·a·tin /-"tin/ Function:
noun : a crystalline antibiotic glycosidic alkaloid C
50H
83NO
21 that is obtained especially from the juice of the stems and leaves of tomato plants resistant to wilt,that is active against fungi including some causing disease in humans, and that is used as a precipitating agent for steroids
