Steroidal alkaloids of Solanum lycopersicoides

Abstract

Tomatine was identified as the sole glycoalkaloid of Solanum lycopersicoides leaves. Its quantity in field-grown plants was about 3.2 3.5", of leaf dry matter. This finding gives more evidence of the strong affinity of S. lycopersicoides to the genus Lyropersicon. Furthermore it sugests that this species can be a useful germplasm in tomato breeding

Keywords

• Solanum lycopersicoides
• Solanaceae
• steroid alkaloids
• tomatine
• tomato