solanogantine

English

Etymology

From portions of the phrase Solanum giganteum, +‎ -ine.

Noun

solanogantine (uncountable)

1. A steroid alkaloid found in Solanum giganteum.
   • 1978, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, volume 55, page 1109:

     The isolation and structure determination of a major alkaloid, solanogantine (1), a novel 3-amino-solanidane, from this plant has already been reported from this laboratory in a preliminary communication.

   • 1981, M. F. Grundon, Alkaloids‎^[1], page 230:

     The isolation of the 3β-amino-steroid solanogantine from leaves of S. giganteum was earlier the subject of a preliminary communication.

   • 1986, S. William Pelletier, Alkaloids, volume 4, page 417:

     They found, in Solanum giganteum, a naturally occurring solanidan, solanogantine, with the free electron pair of the ring nitrogen a to the plane of the steroid.