Beta-solamarine: tumor inhibitor isolated from Solanum dulcamara.

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Science. 1965 Dec 31;150(705):1827-8.

Beta-solamarine: tumor inhibitor isolated from Solanum dulcamara.

Kupchan SM, Barboutis SJ, Knox JR, Cam CA.

An alcoholic extract of Solanum dulcamara L., a plant widely used in folk medicine for treating cancers and warts, shows tumor-inhibitory activity against Sarcoma 180 in mice. Systematic fractionation of the extract has led to isolation and characterization of beta-solamarine as an active principle.