Solanum nigrum. Uses. Hawaii: cooked leaves and branches eaten. India (Bombay Presidency): leaves and fruit eaten; (Deccan): herb eaten; (Rajasthan, western): leaves and fruit used a vegetable; ripe ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology have identified GAME15 as a key protein that regulates the biosynthesis of both steroidal glycoalkaloids and steroidal saponins in plants ...

Using Solanum nigrum plants in which the GAME15 gene was knocked out, we were able to show that these plants were no longer able to produce steroidal glycoalkaloids and saponins,' explains first ...

GAME15 - an unknown but crucial player in the biosynthesis of steroidal molecules in Solanum. The research team used the wild plant Solanum nigrum (black nightshade) for the studies because it ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: ‘Manathakkali’ (Black nightshade or Solanum nigrum), a berry-bearing shrub found in the backyard, is traditionally known for its medicinal v ...

This small fruit is very powerful, its leaves and roots are a storehouse of all the goodness, fever and mouth ulcers vanish within an hour of eating it Makoy, also known as Bhatkoinya, helps in fever, ...

Research shows that constituents of Solanum nigrum bind with ACE 2 (an enzyme the Sars-Cov-2 virus uses to enter the body) and have the potential to inhibit viral replication; cytokine storm and ...

Anti-cancer Capabilities: A team of scientists who carried out research in the institute said the leaves of "Manathakkali", which is a perennial shrub (Solanum nigrum)found in the backyards of ...

A compound, Uttroside-B, isolated from the leaves of a perennial shrub and a nightshade, Solanum nigrum, by a team of researchers at the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology has been found to be ...