Plant Solanum dulcamara (Solanaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
SOLASODINE	18	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TIGOGENIN	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TOMATID-5-EN-3BETA-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TOMATIDINE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
YAMOGENIN	0	Plant	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