Journal Name:
- The International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Bio-Science
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Solanaceae is a family of flowering plants that contains a number of important agricultural plant as well as many toxic plants. The family is also informally known as the nightshade or potato family. The solanaceae is a large varied family of trees, shrubs and herbs including 90 genera & more than 2000 species. About seventy species included in approximately twenty one genera are found in India. Solanaceae is a cosmopolitan family. Though the species are distributed throughout the world, they are more prevalent in Tropics & subtropics. Solanaceae family contains a diverse range of alkaloids and includes Scopolamine, Atropine & hyoscyamine. These are the key alkaloids of this family. Presence of these alkaloids makes this family medicinally important.
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