lycopersicinn.

1913 B. M. Duggar in Washington Univ. Stud. I. 23 Since the pigment derived from the tomato has now been demonstrated to be distinct from carotin.., and since it was first described in the tomato, it seems well to suggest that, in view of the inappropriateness of the earlier terms, lycopersicin should be adopted instead.

1945 G. W. Irving et al. in Science 6 July 9/1 We have obtained from the expressed juice of Pan American tomato plants..a preparation which..possesses marked fungistatic activity toward Fol. This antibiotic agent, which will be designated ‘lycopersicin’, occurs throughout the mature plant.

1946 Jrnl. Bacteriol. 52 601 In a recent publication..this substance was referred to as ‘lycopersicin’. Inasmuch as it has since been learned that the term ‘lycopersicin’ was once used..as a synonym for ‘lycopene’, the red pigment of the tomato, the designation of the antibiotic agent has been changed to ‘tomatin’ to avoid possible confusion.