Using a bioassay for inhibition of plant growth and a combination of two countercurrent chromatographies: rotation locular countercurrent chromatography and droplet countercurrent chromatography, two biologically active glycosidal alkaloids, solasonine and solamargine were isolated from fresh ripe fruit of Solanum incanum. The combination of these chromatographic techniques has established an e...

We tested whether compounds in ripe Solanum americanum fruits affect gut retention time of S. americanum seeds in Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum). Glycoalkaloids were of special interest because they commonly occur in ripe Solanum fruits and are associated with diarrhea in humans. Also, we determined the influence of gut retention time and the presence/absence of two glycoalkaloids, a-sola...

The wild species Solanum incanum has been used as a donor parent for the development of set eggplant introgression lines (ILs), which are interest breeding stress tolerances and relevant morpho-agronomic traits but could also be useful fruit quality, due to generally higher content in health-promoting compounds S. incanum. use ILs with introgressions from requires ensuring that glycoalkaloids l...