solasodine

Solasodine (Purapuridine)(Purapuridine) is a poisonous alkaloid chemical compound that occurs in plants of the Solanaceae family. Solasodine showed selective cytotoxicity against cervical cancer cell line (HeLa) and human myeloid leukemia cell line (U937).

Solasodine hydrochloride (90 μM; 2 days) treatment induced significant budding in P19 cells. This compound strongly stimulated the expression of various neuronal markers, including βIII-tubulin, synaptophysin, MAP2, ChAT, and the neural progenitor marker doublecortin. Predominantly, Solasodine hydrochloride directed the differentiation of P19 cells towards neuronal pathways.

Diosgenin glucoside (Trillin) and other synthetic glycosides with similar activities may be of use in the management of hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis. Significant inhibition of Diosgenin glucoside synthesis and stimulation of solasodine glucosylation was found only with PC molecular species containing fatty acids with a chain length of 12-18 carbon atoms.

1. Gitogenin, tigogenin, and solasodine are novel selective inhibitors of UGT1A4, and do not inhibit the activities of major human CYP isoforms. 2. Gitogenin and (25S)-5α-furastan-3β, 22, 26-triol are the inhibitors of enzyme α-glucosidase with IC50 value

Solamargine (δ-Solanigrine) is a major steroidal alkaloid glycoside extracted from a traditional Chinese medicine herb, Solanum nigrum L. (SNL); has been shown to inhibit growth and induce apoptosis of various cancer cells.