Fruits of Solanum plants, a group in the nightshade family, are incredibly diverse, ranging from sizable red tomatoes and purple eggplants to the poisonous green berries on potato plants.

Biology professor collaborates on ‘Nature’ study finding some local ‘wild’ plants, are dependent on intervention by Indigenous peoples for their survival.

Its striking yellow fruit provides a deadly temptation to sheep and cattle. A 2011 study on sheep showed that the plant caused emphysema, pneumonia, bleeding ulcers, brain swelling and death ...

A broader review of glycoalkaloids from Solanum plants highlighted their significant antitumor properties, including the ability to induce apoptosis and inhibit cancer cell proliferation and ...

Black nightshade plants (Solanum nigrum) that were no longer able to produce the protein and thus the steroidal saponins were more susceptible to insects such as leafhoppers and Colorado potato ...

A protein – dubbed GAME15 – is the missing link in the pathway that Solanum plants like potatoes use to make molecules for chemical defense: steroidal glycoalkaloids (SGAs). The findings pave the way ...

Family Solanum (nightshade) is generally associated with toxins, and for good reasons, as most of the plants in this family are poisonous. This includes some of everyone’s favorite staple ...

Solanum is the most representative genus of Solanaceae and comprises about 1700 species distributed all over the world. Plants in the genus are distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions and ...

Light micrograph of starch grains viewed with polarised light. Starch grains are produced throughout plant tissues, most highly concentrated in structures requiring long term energy storage such as ...