Effect of Grafting on Solasodine Content in Solanum viarum

Meenakshi Srinivas; R. Krishnan

doi:10.1055/s-2006-957905

Planta Medica, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Planta Med 1996; 62(4): 360-361
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957905

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Effect of Grafting on Solasodine Content in Solanum viarum

Meenakshi Srinivas¹ ^, ³ , R. Krishnan²

¹Department of Botany, Jnana Bharathi, Bangalore-560 056, India
²Division of Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessaraghatta Lake Post, Bangalore-560 089, India
³Division of Ornamental Crops, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessaraghatta Lake Post, Bangalore-560 089, India

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Abstract

Solasodine - a steroid present in the mucilaginous exotesta of the seed in Solanum viarum Dunal (syn. S. khasianum var. chatterjeeanum) is a major source of steroidal raw material. Evidence for the site of solasodine synthesis was sought through reciprocal grafts involving steroid-bearing S. viarum (both diploid and autotetraploid) and steroid-free, edible Solanum melongena L. (brinjal). The results indicate that the synthesis of solasodine is scion-specific.

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