An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Plant Solanum mammosum (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Love Apple; Susumber
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
SOLANIDINE 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOLASODINE 18 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOLASONINE 11 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
Antiandrogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticholinesterase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antispermatogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitachycardic 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Antitumor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiodepressant 1 UNESCO. 1960. Medicinal Plants of the Arid Zones. eds.(botany) I.C. Chopra, B.K. Abrol and K.L. Hands; eds (pharmacology), R. Paris and G. Dillemann UNESCO, Place de Fontenoy, Paris 7E. 96 pp.
Cardiotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Embryotoxic 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Erythrocytolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fungicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemolytic 1 UNESCO. 1960. Medicinal Plants of the Arid Zones. eds.(botany) I.C. Chopra, B.K. Abrol and K.L. Hands; eds (pharmacology), R. Paris and G. Dillemann UNESCO, Place de Fontenoy, Paris 7E. 96 pp.
Hepatomegalic 1 Duke, 1992 *