SOLASONINE


Meaning of SOLASONINE in English

səˈlasəˌnēn, ˌsäləˈsōˌn-, -_nə̇n noun

( -s )

Etymology: solaso- (from New Latin Solanum sodomaeum, from Solanum + sodomaeum, neuter of sodomaeus of Sodom, from Late Latin Sodoma Sodom, from Greek) + sola nine

: a crystalline glycosidic alkaloid C 45 H 73 NO 16 obtained from several solanaceous plants (as Solanum sodomaeum ) and closely related to solanine but yielding solasodine on hydrolysis — called also solanine-S

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