Black nightshade plants (Solanum nigrum) that were no longer able to produce the protein and thus the steroidal saponins were ...

The new study published in Science shows that the protein is essential for the formation of these natural products from a cholesterol precursor. Black nightshade plants (Solanum nigrum) that were no ...

Using Solanum nigrum plants in which the GAME15 gene was knocked out, we were able to show that these plants were no longer able to produce steroidal glycoalkaloids and saponins,' explains first ...