An Amazing Traditional Healer of Manipur Solanum Xanthocarpum (Leipungkhanga)

Solanum xanthocarpum (Solananceae) is traditionally used as pungent, bitter, digestive, diuretic,
alternative, astringent and anthelmintic . It was also used in fever, cough, flatulence and heart diseases.
Phytochemistry screening of the aqueous extract of fruits of Solanum Xanthocarpum revealed the presence
of steroids, terkenes, phenolic compound, saponins, fatty acids, alkaloids. Isolation of two white crystalline
powder which were subjected to physical, chemical and spectral identification using IR,1H-NMR,13C-NMR.