Solanum glaucophyllum

Triticum aestivum (Poaceae) likely precursor of Ergosterol-5,8-endoperoxide in Ajuga remota (Lamiaceae) Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast) other fungi Pinus nigra, E sylvestris (Pinaceae) [pollen], Mcotiana glauca, Lycopersicon esculentum, Solanum glaucophyllum, S. malacoxybn (Solanaceae) [leaf] animals Solanum malacoxybn (Solanaceae) [leaf]... 

Vitamin D metabolites have been found in plants. En-teque Seca, a disease of cattle that graze on the plant Solanum glaucophyllum (malacoxalon) in South America, is characterized by calcinosis and soft-tissue calcification. Aqueous extracts of the leaves of this and other plants that have been used to treat uremic bone disease contain glycosides of l,25-(OH)2D. 

Nicotiana. Vitamin as well as 25(OH)Dj and la,25(OH)jD3were identified in the leaves of N. glauca Graham (Skliar et al. 2000). Furthermore, 7-dehydrochole-sterol known as a precursor in human cholecalciferol biosynthesis could also be detected. Furthermore, this precursor was detected in Solanum glaucophyllum sub nom. S. malacoxylon which led to the assumption that the biosynthesis of cholecalciferol and its congeners in plants might proceed on a similar pathway to that in humans (Aburjai et al. 1996). 

Milanesi L, Monje P, Boland R (2001) Presence of estrogens and estrogen receptor-like proteins in Solanum glaucophyllum. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 289 1175-1179 Mimaki Y, Watanabe K, Ando Y, Sakuma C, Sashida Y, Furuya S, Sakagami H (2001) Flavonol glycosides and steroidal saponins from the leaves of Cestrum noctumum tmd their cytoxicity. J Nat Prod 64 17-22... 

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