Botanical species · safety record

Solanum carolinense

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 6 constituent measurements and 1 adverse-effect record for Solanum carolinense. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Solanum carolinense L.

6Constituent measurements

1Safety records

5Cited sources

2Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 2 licensed products naming Solanum carolinense as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Source material stated

Whole plant

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Effect types

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
Carolinoside	Leaves	—	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Glycoalkaloids	Fruit unspecified	—	≥ 13.42 Milligram/gram	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Glycoalkaloids	Roots and other underground parts	—	3.5485 Milligram/gram	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Glycoalkaloids	Fruit unspecified	—	≤ 16.05 Milligram/gram	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Solamargine	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	No resolvable identifier
Solasonine	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	No resolvable identifier

Recorded adverse effects

Adverse effects reported in the source literature, most often in animal or laboratory models at a stated preparation and dose.

Effect	Target tissue	Plant part	Preparation	Test organism	Test type	Source
Not reported	—	Fruit unspecified	—	Human (as organism)	Not reported	Resolve DOI

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Cipollini, ML., Paulk, E., Mink, K., Vaughn, K., Fischer, T. Defense tradeoffs in fleshy fruits: Effects of resource variation on growth, reproduction, and fruit secondary chemistry in Solanum carolinense . Journal of chemical ecology, 2004, vol. 30, no. 1, p. 1-17. DOI
Mezzasalma, Valerio., Ganopoulos, Ioannis., Galimberti, Andrea., Cornara, Laura., Ferri, Emanuele., Labra, Massimo. Poisonous or non-poisonous plants? DNA-based tools and applications for accurate identification . International journal of legal medicine, 2017, vol. 131, no. 1, p. 1-19. DOI
Walls, R., Appel, H., Cipollini, M., Schultz, J. Fertility, root reserves and the cost of inducible defenses in the perennial plant Solanum carolinense . Journal of chemical ecology, 2005, vol. 31, no. 10, p. 2263-2288. DOI
THACKER, JD., BORDNER, J., BUMGARDNER, C. CAROLINOSIDE - A PHYTOSTEROIDAL GLYCOSIDE FROM SOLANUM-CAROLINENSE. Phytochemistry, 1990, vol. 29, no. 9, p. 2965-2970. DOI
Cipollini, ML., Levey, DJ. Why are some fruits toxic? Glycoalkaloids in Solanum and fruit choice by vertebrates . Ecology, 1997, vol. 78, no. 3, p. 782-798.

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A constituent measurement is a fact about material at a stated preparation, not a statement about what that material does in a person. An adverse-effect or genotoxicity record is an observation reported in a source, most often in an animal or laboratory model. Neither is a Metatron Health conclusion about causality, human risk or benefit, and the absence of a record is not proof that a preparation is safe. Nothing here is diagnosis, prescribing or individual medical care.

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