Botanical species · safety record

Solanum glaucophyllum

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 3 constituent measurements and 21 adverse-effect records for Solanum glaucophyllum. 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 glaucophyllum Desf.

3Constituent measurements
21Safety records
10Cited sources
0Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Synonyms are carried from the source compendium. A species may be traded and studied under more than one name, which is exactly how a safety record gets lost.

Regulatory presence

No Health Canada licensed natural health product in the snapshot names this species as a medicinal ingredient under this exact binomial. Absence here means absence from this one register under this one name, not absence from trade, and not a safety verdict.

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • Alpha-solanine1
  • Estrone1
  • Solamargine1

Plant parts

  • Leaves20
  • Unspecified4

Preparations

  • Powder17
  • Solvent extraction3

Effect types

  • Systemic5
  • Reproductive4
  • Musclo-skeletal3
  • Pulmonary and cardiac3
  • Digestive2
  • Teratogenic2
  • Immunotoxicity1
  • Other toxicities1

Target tissues

  • Bone (deprecated)5
  • Heart3
  • Uterus3
  • Digestive2
  • Lung2
  • Neurologic2
  • Cardiovascular1
  • Muscle, skeletal1
  • Skin1
  • Stomach1

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.

SubstancePlant partPreparationConcentrationAnalytical methodSource
Alpha-solanineUnspecifiedUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
EstroneUnspecifiedUnspecifiedNo resolvable identifier
SolamargineUnspecifiedUnspecifiedNo 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.

EffectTarget tissuePlant partPreparationTest organismTest typeSource
DigestiveStomachLeavesSolvent extractionRabbit (as animal)Short-term toxicityResolve DOI
DigestiveDigestiveLeavesPowderRabbit (as animal)Short-term toxicityResolve DOI
Musclo-skeletalBone (deprecated)LeavesPowderRabbit (as animal)Short-term toxicityResolve DOI
Other toxicitiesSkin/subcutisLeavesPowderCattle (as animal)Short-term toxicityResolve DOI
Pulmonary and cardiacLungLeavesSolvent extractionRabbit (as animal)Short-term toxicityResolve DOI
ReproductiveUterusLeavesPowderRabbit (as animal)Reproduction toxicityResolve DOI
ReproductiveUterusLeavesPowderRabbit (as animal)Reproduction toxicityResolve DOI
ReproductiveLungLeavesPowderRat (as animal)Reproduction toxicityResolve DOI
ReproductiveUterusLeavesPowderRat (as animal)Reproduction toxicityResolve DOI
SystemicHeartLeavesPowderCattle (as animal)Short-term toxicityResolve DOI
SystemicMuscle, skeletalLeavesSolvent extractionRabbit (as animal)Short-term toxicityResolve DOI
SystemicNeurologicUnspecifiedCattle (as animal)Case reportResolve DOI
SystemicDigestiveLeavesPowderCattle (as animal)Short-term toxicityResolve DOI
TeratogenicBone (deprecated)LeavesPowderRat (as animal)Reproduction toxicityResolve DOI
TeratogenicBone (deprecated)LeavesPowderRat (as animal)Reproduction toxicityResolve DOI
ImmunotoxicityNeurologicLeavesPowderCattle (as animal)OtherNo resolvable identifier
Musclo-skeletalBone (deprecated)LeavesPowderPig (as animal)Short-term toxicityNo resolvable identifier
Musclo-skeletalBone (deprecated)LeavesPowderPig (as animal)Short-term toxicityNo resolvable identifier
Pulmonary and cardiacHeartLeavesPowderPig (as animal)Short-term toxicityNo resolvable identifier
Pulmonary and cardiacHeartLeavesPowderPig (as animal)Short-term toxicityNo resolvable identifier
SystemicCardiovascular / haematologicalLeavesPowderCattle (as animal)Short-term toxicityNo resolvable identifier

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.

  1. Gorniak, SL., Maiorka, PC., Raspantini, PC., Hosomi, R., Moraes, AP., Dagli, MLZ. Assessment of the perinatal effects of maternal ingestion of Solanum malacoxylon in rats . Reproductive toxicology, 2003, vol. 17, no. 1, p. 67-72. DOI
  2. Fontana, Paula A., Zanuzzi, Carolina N., Barbeito, Claudio G., Gimeno, Eduardo J., Portiansky, Enrique L. Thymic atrophy in cattle poisoned with Solanum glaucophyllum. Pesquisa veterinaria brasileira, 2009, vol. 29, no. 3, p. 266-274.
  3. DONE, SH., TOKARNIA, CH., DAMMRICH, K., DOBEREINER, J. SOLANUM-MALACOXYLON POISONING IN PIGS. Research in veterinary science, 1976, vol. 20, no. 2, p. 217-219.
  4. Gimeno, EJ., Costa, EF., Gomar, MS., Massone, AR., Portiansky, EL. Effects of plant-induced hypervitaminosis D on cutaneous structure, cell differentiation and cell proliferation in cattle . Journal of veterinary medicine series a-physiology pathology clinical medicine, 2000, vol. 47, no. 4, p. 201-211. DOI
  5. Dallorso, ME., Gil, S., Pawlak, E., Lema, F., Marquez, A. 1,25(OH)(2) vitamin D concentration in the plasma of Solanum glaucophyllum intoxicated rabbits . Australian veterinary journal, 2001, vol. 79, no. 6, p. 419-423. DOI
  6. Garcia, Juan A., Canton, German J., Garcia, Bernardo L., Micheloud, Juan F., Campero, Carlos M., Spath, Ernesto J. A., Odriozola, Ernesto R. Retrospective analysis of cattle poisoning in Argentina (2000-2013). Pesquisa veterinaria brasileira, 2017, vol. 37, no. 3, p. 210-214. DOI
  7. Aguirre, JI., Gomar, MS., Igal, S., Quiroga, MA., Portiansky, EL., Gimeno, EJ. Bone changes caused by,experimental Solanum malacoxylon poisoning in rabbits . Pesquisa veterinaria brasileira, 2005, vol. 25, no. 1, p. 34-38. DOI
  8. Pomilio, A.B., Falzoni, E.M., Vitale, A.A. Toxic chemical compounds of the Solanaceae. Natural product communications, 2008, vol. 3, no. 4, p. 593-628.
  9. Gorniak, SL., Dagli, MLZ., Maiorka, PC., Raspantini, PC., Jerico, MM. Evaluation in rabbits of the fetal effects of maternal ingestion of Solanum malacoxylon . Veterinary research communications, 1999, vol. 23, no. 5, p. 307-316. DOI
  10. Zanuzzi, C. N., Barbeito, C. G., Ortiz, M. L., Lozza, F. A., Fontana, P. A., Portiansky, E. L., Gimeno, E. J. Glycoconjugate histochemistry in the small and large intestine of normal and Solanum glaucophyllum-intoxicated rabbits . Research in veterinary science, 2010, vol. 89, no. 2, p. 214-222. DOI

Boundary

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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