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Plant Solanum dulcamara (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Bitter Nightshade; Bittersweet
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CYCLOARTENOL-24-DIHYDROLANOSTEROL 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GALACTOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-XYLOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIOSGENIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-SOLADULCINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-SOLAMARINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAMISTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOFUCOSTEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-RHAMNOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LOPHENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPENE 16 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPHYLL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCOXANTHIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OBTUSIFOLIOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOLACEINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOLADULCAMARIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOLADULCIDINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOLAMARGINE 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOLANIDINE 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiinflammatory 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiiritic 1 Martindale's 30th
Antileukemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimuscarinic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimutagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiperistaltic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperspirant 1 Martindale's 29th
Antipertussic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antipolio 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *