different between nightshade vs solanine

English

Etymology

From Middle English ny?tschade, ni?teschode, nyght shade, from Old English nihts?ada, corresponding to night +? shade. Compare German Nachtschatten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na?t?e?d/

Noun

nightshade (plural nightshades)

1. Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.
2. (colloquial) Any plant of the wider Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well as tomato, potato, eggplant, and deadly nightshade.
3. Belladonna or deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna.
4. Any of several plants likened to nightshade, usually because of similar dark-colored berries.

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• petit morel, petty morel

English

Etymology

From translingual Solanum +? -ine.

Noun

solanine (countable and uncountable, plural solanines)

1. (organic chemistry) A poisonous glycoalkaloid found in many species of the nightshade family Solanaceae, including potato and tomato.
   • 1989, R. P. Sharma, D. K. Salunkhe, Chapter 8: Solanum Glycoalkaloids, Peter R. Cheeke (editor), Toxicants of Plant Origin: Alkaloids, Volume 1: Alkaloids, page 214,

     Apparently the high activity of ?-solanine injected into the bloodstream may be due to cholinesterase inhibition, while the lesser effects of orally administered ?-solanine could reflect its poor adsorption from the gastrointestinal tract.

   • 1996, M. M. T. Janssen, H. M. C. Put, M. J. R. Nut, Chapter Two: Natural Toxins, John De Vries (editor), Food Safety and Toxicity, page 14,

     The most potent inhibitors are found in potatoes, and of these the most active component is the glycoalkaloid solanine.

     The toxicity of solanine has been the subject of extensive study.

   • 2005, Dietrich Frohne, Hans Jürgen Pfänder, Poisonous Plants: A Handbook for Doctors, Pharmacists, Toxicologists, Biologists and Veterinarians, page 380,

     Evidently, during the ripening process, the solanines are metabolised to neutral saponins without the occurrence of glycoside hydrolysis.

Related terms

• solanidine

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• Leonians

Italian

Noun

solanine f

1. plural of solanina

Anagrams

• lesinano