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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
15ALPHA-HYDROXYSOLADULCIDINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
15ALPHA-HYDROXYSOLASODINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
15ALPHA-HYDROXYTOMATADENOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
15ALPHA-HYDROXYTOMATADIDINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,5-TOMATIDIENE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
31-NOR-LANOSTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3BETA-5-TOMATIDEN-OL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SOLADULCINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SOLAMARINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ATROPINE 51 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SOLADULCINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SOLAMARINE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BRASSICASTEROL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITROSTADIENOL 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOARTENOL 7 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiradicular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisarcomic 1 Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al)
Antisecretory 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisialogogue 1 Martindale's 28th
Antispasmodic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antispermatogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistress 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitachycardic 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Antitumor 5 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 1 Martindale's 28th