Phytochemical study of Solanum lycocarpum (St. Hil) unripe fruit and its effects on rat gestation

Solanum lycocarpum, St. Hil (Solanaceae) is a common native shrub in the Brazilian cerrado. The fruits are used in folk medicine as a hypoglycaemic agent in the management of diabetes, obesity and to decrease cholesterol levels. In this study the glycoalkaloids, solamargine and solasonine, were isol...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Phytotherapy research Vol. 21; no. 11; pp. 1025 - 1028
Main Authors:	Schwarz, Aline, Pinto, Ernani, Haraguchi, Mitsue, Oliveira, Cláudio Alvarenga de, Bernardi, Maria Martha, Spinosa, Helenice de Souza
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01-11-2007 Wiley
Subjects:	Animals Biological and medical sciences Biometry Body Weight - drug effects Eating - drug effects Feces - chemistry Female Fetal Death - chemically induced General pharmacology gestation Gonadal Steroid Hormones - metabolism Male Medical sciences Pharmacognosy. Homeopathy. Health food Pharmacology. Drug treatments Plant Extracts - chemistry Plant Extracts - toxicity Pregnancy Pregnancy, Animal - drug effects Rats Rats, Wistar solamargine Solanaceae Solanaceous Alkaloids - analysis Solanum Solanum lycocarpum solasodine solasonine solasonine, solamargine, toxicology toxicology South America Brazil America Steroid Fruit Rat Pharmacognosy Rodentia Medicinal plant solamargine Pregnancy Alkaloid Vertebrata Mammalia toxicology; gestation Folk medicine Dicotyledones Animal Angiospermae Plant origin Spermatophyta Solanaceae Solanum lycocarpum; solasodine; solasonine
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Be the first to leave a comment!