A multi-institutional collaboration has revealed that α-solanine, a toxic compound found in potato plants, is a divergent of the bitter-tasting α-tomatine, which is found in tomato plants. The research group included Associate Professor Mizutani Masaharu and Researcher Akiyama Ryota et al. of Kobe University’s Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Assistant Professor Watanabe Bunta of Kyoto University’s Institute for Chemical Research, Senior Research Scientist Umemoto Naoyuki of the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, and Professor Muranaka Toshiya of Osaka University’s Graduate School of Engineering.
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Source: Phys.org