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.
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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hepatomegalic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	4	Duke, 1992 *
Hyperpyrexic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hypocholesterolemic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Hypoglycemic	1	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Mastogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Membranolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Molluscicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mydriatic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Myorelaxant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neurotoxic	1	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Ovulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Paralytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	7	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Psychotomimetic	1	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Sedative	1	Duke, 1992 *