Meanings
- uncountableA steroid alkaloid found in Solanum giganteum.
The isolation of the 3β-amino-steroid solanogantine from leaves of S. giganteum was earlier the subject of a preliminary communication.
1981, M. F. Grundon, Alkaloids, page 2302 more examples
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.
1978, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, volume 55, page 1109They 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.
1986, S. William Pelletier, Alkaloids, volume 4, page 417
Origin
From portions of the phrase Solanum giganteum, + -ine.
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