steroid alkaloid

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ChEBI ID: 26767

Members (5)

Member	Definition	Role
conessine	A steroid alkaloid that is con-5-enine substituted by a N,N-dimethylamino group at position 3. It has been isolated from the plant species of the family Apocynaceae.	conessine
dehydrotomatine	A steroid alkaloid that consists of tomatine which has undergone formal dehydrogenation across positions 5 and 6. Found in tomatoes.	5,6-dehydrotomatine
esculeoside a	A steroid saponin that is spirosolane-3,23,27-triol in which the hydroxy group at position 23 is acetylated and the hydroxy groups at positions 3 and 27 are glycosylated by lycotetraosyl and a beta-D-glucopyranosyl moieties respectively. Isolated from the fruits of Lycopersicon esculentum, it exhibits cytotoxic activity.	esculeoside A
solasodine	An oxaspiro compound and steroid alkaloid sapogenin with formula C27H43NO2 found in the Solanum (nightshade) family. It is used as a precursor in the synthesis of complex steroidal compounds such as contraceptive pills.	solasodine
tomatine	A steroid alkaloid that is tomatidine in which the hydroxy group at position 3 is linked to lycotetraose, a tetrasaccharide composed of two units of D-glucose, one unit of D-xylose, and one unit of D-galactose.	tomatine