Potato papa or Solanum tuberosum,what is the fame of the Potato except Potato famines and more...

Contents

• Basic Botanical Data of Potato.
• What is a potato?.
• Origin and Dissemination of Patato.
• Potato:the Archeology and History.
• Today's Potato.
• Parts of Patato:Introduction.
• Varieties of Potato.
• Food value of Patato.
• Constituents of Potato.
• Nutritional Value and Phytochemicals of Potato.
• Health benefits and concerns of Potato.
• Functions,Medicinal Uses of Potato.
• Dosage and Administration of Potato.
• Modern Researches of Potato.
• Research Update:Potato or Solanum tuberosum L.

Modern Researches of Potato.:

Potato contains large amounts of starch, protein, colloid material, vitamins B1 and C, potassium, solanin, amino acids, thiamin and nicotinic acid.

 Although supplying only 11 mg of vitamin C per 100 g, potatoes are usually eaten in large quantities so they make an important contribution to vitamin C intakes.

 Whilst mainly used as a staple food, potatoes do also have a number of medicinal virtues. A juice made from the tubers, when taken in moderation, can be helpful in the treatment of peptic ulcers, bringing relief from pain and acidity.

 A poultice has been made from boiling potatoes in water. This is applied as hot as can be borne to rheumatic joints, swellings, skin rashes, haemorrhoids, etc.

 Peeled but uncooked potatoes have been pounded in a mortar and then applied cold as a soothing plaster to burns and scalds. Potato skins are used in India to treat swollen gums and to heal burns.

 The tubers contain very small quantities of atropine alkaloids. One property of these alkaloids is the reduction of digestive secretions, including acids produced in the stomach.

 The leaves are antispasmodic.

 Emollient and cleansing face masks are made from potatoes, these are used to treat hard, greasy and wrinkled skins.

 The tubers are a source of starch that is used in sizing cotton and to make industrial alcohol, etc. It also has many other uses in industry.

 The potato is a good source of biomass. When boiled with weak sulphuric acid, potato starch is changed into glucose and this can then be fermented into alcohol.

 Ripe potato juice is an excellent cleaner of silks, cottons and woollens. The water in which potatoes have been boiled can be used to clean silver and to restore a shine to furniture.

 Effects of steroidal glycoalkaloids from potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) on in vitro bovine embryo development.:

 alpha-Solanine and alpha-chaconine are two naturally occurring steroidal glycoalkaloids in potatoes (Solanum tuberosum), and solanidine-N-oxide is a corresponding steroidal aglycone. The objective of this research was to screen potential cyto-toxicity of these potato glycoalkaloids using bovine oocyte maturation, in vitro fertilization techniques and subsequent embryonic development as the in vitro model. A randomized complete block design with four in vitro oocyte maturation (IVM) treatments (Experiment 1) and four in vitro embryo culture (IVC) treatments (Experiment 2) was used.

 In Experiment 1, bovine oocytes (n=2506) were matured in vitro in medium supplemented with 6 microM of alpha-solanine, alpha-chaconine, solanidine-N-oxide or IVM medium only. The in vitro matured oocytes were then subject to routine IVF and IVC procedures.

 Results indicated that exposure of bovine oocytes to the steroidal glycoalkaloids during in vitro maturation inhibited subsequent pre-implantation embryo development. Potency of the embryo-toxicity varied between these steroidal glycoalkaloids.

 In Experiment 2, IVM/IVF derived bovine embryos (n=2370) were cultured in vitro in medium supplemented with 6 microM of alpha-solanine, alpha-chaconine, solanidine-N-oxide or IVC medium only. The results showed that the pre-implantation embryo development is inhibited by exposure to these glycoalkaloids. This effect is significant during the later pre-implantation embryo development period as indicated by fewer numbers of expanded and hatched blastocysts produced in the media containing these alkaloids. Therefore, we conclude that in vitro exposure of oocytes and fertilized ova to the steroidal glycoalkaloids from potatoes inhibits pre-implantation embryo development. Furthermore, we suggest that ingestion of Solanum species containing toxic amounts of glycoalkaloids may have negative effects on pre-implantation embryonic survival.

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