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Fisher Folks Usage of Medicinal Plants against Gynecological Disorders
Published in Parimelazhagan Thangaraj, Phytomedicine, 2020
Vijayakumar Dhaarani, Arumugam Rajendran
Plants like Trigonella foenum-graecum L., Solanum americanum Mill., and Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R. Br. ex Schult. Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L. are widely used among the fisher folks as a source to treat vitamin deficiencies.
Identification of proper herbs
Published in C. P. Khare, Evidence-based Ayurveda, 2019
Solanum americanum Linn. syn. S. incertum Dunal; S. rubrum Mill., is also treated as S. nigrum. Solanum nigrum auct. non. Linn. syn. S. americanum Mill. is equated with Kaakamaachi in South India. Geophilla repens (Linn.) I. M. Johnson, syn. G. reniformis D.Don (Fam. Rubiaceae) is used as Karintakaali (Kaakamaachi) in Kerala.
Steroidal Alkaloids
Published in Amritpal Singh Saroya, Contemporary Phytomedicines, 2017
Solamargine (Fig. 21.6) is a glycoalkaloid derived from solasodine. It is isolated from Solanum americanum Miller (A1 Chami et al. 2003), Solanum erianthum (Chou et al. 2012), Solanum heteracanthum (Manase et al. 2012), Solanum incanum (Hsu et al. 1996), Solanum nigrum Linn. (Sani et al. 2015), Solanum palinacanthum, and Solanum lycocarpum (Moreira et al. 2013).
Traditional green leafy vegetables as underutilised sources of micronutrients in a rural farming community in south-west Nigeria I: estimation of vitamin C, carotenoids and mineral contents
Published in South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2021
Shirley Isibhakhomen Ejoh, Faustina Dufie Wireko-Manu, David Page, Catherine MGC Renard
β-carotene content of the raw leafy vegetables ranged from 1.8 mg/100 g in Talinum triangulare to 14.1 mg/100 g in raw Vernonia amygdalina. Adansonia digitata (dried powered leaves, as sold in the local market) had 18 mg/100 g (see Table 1). Among the Amaranthus species, A. hybridus had the highest β-carotene content (p < 0.01). Solanum americanum had significantly higher β-carotene content than S. macrocarpon. β-carotene content of debittered Vernonia amygdalina leaves (4.2 mg/100 g) was substantially lower than in the unwashed leaves (14.2 mg/100 g).
Plant poisonings in Australia: a retrospective series of calls to the Queensland Poisons Information Centre
Published in Clinical Toxicology, 2023
Tamim Islam, Robert Knoeckel, Carol Wylie, Katherine Isoardi
Herbarium referral for plant identification was suggested in 345 cases (12.5%) with a positive identification made by a botanist in 190/345 cases (55.0%). The commonest plants identified by the herbarium were glossy nightshade (Solanum americanum) (19 [10.0%]), and Duranta erecta (15 [7.9%]).