IT IS KNOWN AS SOLANINE.
That U tae Same oi * Deadly PoUnr Ta*t I* Sosaeilatea Found f In Potatoes.
Chemical examination has revealed the fact that a poisonous alkaloidknown as solanine is contained in potatoes. Little of this poison is foun: 1 in new potatoes, but even fresh potatoes which have grown about the surface of the soil and have a green •kin are generally known to be poisonous, says a scientific authority. When potatoes are kept a long time ♦hey contain a large amount of this poiaon, and many cases of serious poisoning have occurred in late summer from eating old potatoes. About ten years ago many soldiers in the German army were ill from an unknown cause. They suffered with headache, colk, diarrhea, vomiting, weakness and slight stupor, and in some cases dilation of the pupils. The matter was investigated and it wa* discovered that the men hat! been eating potatoes which had been kept for a long time in a dam j place until they had begun to sprout. These potatoes, a chemical analysisshowed, contained as much solanine a* is found in new potatoes.
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 412, 7 April 1904, Page 6
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187IT IS KNOWN AS SOLANINE. Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 412, 7 April 1904, Page 6
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