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Agriculture · Q517

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 517

Q517

Glycoalkaloids imparting bitter taste in brinjal are

A.
Aubergine
B.
Solasodine
Answer
C.
Kaemferine
D.
Melongine

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Glycoalkaloids impart a bitter taste in brinjal are Solasodine.
The presence of two kinds of steroidal saponosides imparts a bitter taste to eggplant. They are glycoalkaloids and melongosides.
Solasodine is a poisonous alkaloid chemical compound that occurs in plants of the family Solanaceae.
It has diuretic, anticancer, antifungal, cardiotonic, anti-spermatogenetic, antiandrogenic, immunomodulatory, antipyretic and various effects on the central nervous system.