English edit

Etymology edit

From portions of the phrase Solanum giganteum, +‎ -ine.

Noun edit

solanogantine (uncountable)

  1. A steroid alkaloid found in Solanum giganteum.
    • 1978, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, volume 55, page 1109:
      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.
    • 1981, M. F. Grundon, Alkaloids[1], page 230:
      The isolation of the 3β-amino-steroid solanogantine from leaves of S. giganteum was earlier the subject of a preliminary communication.
    • 1986, S. William Pelletier, Alkaloids, volume 4, page 417:
      They 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.