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Bioactive steroidal alkaloid glycosides from Solanum aculeastrum
Alphonse W Wanyonyi1, Sumesh C Chhabra, Gerald Mkoji
1Chemistry Department, Kenyatta University, PO Box 43844, Nairobi, Kenya.
Phytochemistry
|January 5, 2002
Abstract:
Solanum aculeastrum Dunal was investigated for the presence of molluscicidal compounds. This led to the isolation of solaculine A, from the root bark in addition to known steroidal alkaloids; solamargine and beta-solamarine from the berries. The structures were elucidated by spectroscopic techniques. Molluscicidal activity of the aqueous extracts of the berries and root bark, and the isolated compounds were investigated.