Solanum virginianum L.
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Whole plant, root and fruit
Uses in traditional medicine :
- One tea spoon of berry juice is taken to treat sore throats
- Root decoction is prescribed for chest pain and catarrh
- Whole plant is valued as an expectorant and a diuretic
- Used for cough, asthma, colic fever, loss of appetite, chest pains, toothache, dropsy and gonorrhoea
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Steroidal glycoalkaloids: solasonine, solamargine and khasianine from aerial parts
Bioactivity :
Alcohol and aqueous extract of fruits: hepatoprotective, hypoglycaemic, antiurolithiatic, nephroprotective; alcohol extract of leaves: antihyperglycaemic, antioxidative, wound healing; methanol extract of aerial parts: antinociceptive; aqueous extract of roots: diuretic
Clinical:
Oral administration of whole plant powder is effective in bronchial asthma
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