Solanum americanum Mill.
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Stem, fruit, shoot and leaf
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Leaves prepared as a vegetable are eaten by elders for joint pains
- Young stem sap is taken as a liver tonic
- Used in the treatment of headaches, ulcers and wounds
- Used as an antispasmodic, diaphoretic, emollient, diuretic, emetic and sedative
- Used as a poultice on gouty joints and rheumatism
- Used for piles, dropsy and enlargements of liver and spleen
- A decoction is used for sore eyes and skin diseases
- Popular remedy for inflammatory disease generally affecting the face (erysipelas)
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Steroidal glycoalkaloids: α-solamargine, α-solasonine, chacotriose, disaccharides: α-D-oleandropyranoside from plant
Bioactivity :
Leaves: antioxidative, antibacterial; alcoholic extract of fruits: cancer chemopreventive, antiulcerogenic and ulcer healing properties
Clinical:
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