solanine
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A poisonous glycoalkaloid found in many species of the nightshade family Solanaceae, including potato and tomato.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "1989, R. P. Sharma, D. K. Salunkhe, Chapter 8: Solanum Glycoalkaloids, Peter R. Cheeke (editor), Toxicants of Plant Origin: Alkaloids, Volume 1: Alkaloids, page 214, Apparently the high activity of α-solanine injected into the bloodstream may be due to cholinesterase inhibition, while the lesser effects of orally administered α-solanine could reflect its poor adsorption from the gastrointestinal tract."
- "The most potent inhibitors are found in potatoes, and of these the most active component is the glycoalkaloid solanine. The toxicity of solanine has been the subject of extensive study."
- "Evidently, during the ripening process, the solanines are metabolised to neutral saponins without the occurrence of glycoside hydrolysis."
Etymology
From translingual Solanum + -ine.
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: ine