Many people are taught to avoid plants labeled as “toxic,” especially those connected to the nightshade family. However, some experienced foragers say one of these misunderstood plants may actually be ...

Nightshade plants produce a diverse array of compounds with therapeutic potential. Researchers at CeMM have now identified an artificial variant inspired by the Withanolides group that acts highly ...

Tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and white potatoes are all what's known as nightshade vegetables. They belong to a plant family called the Solanaceae family, which, fascinatingly, also encompasses ...

Each kind of plant has different ideal growing conditions in order for it to thrive. There's an extra consideration when choosing a location for peppers.

A new study demonstrates how plants of the nightshade family produce pharmaceutically valuable compounds and how this biosynthesis is epigenetically regulated. Plants are masters at producing a huge ...

Q. Help! Black Nightshade vine, with the purple flowers, has invaded my flower bed and is proving very hard to eliminate. I’m especially upset that it’s taken root at the base of my beloved David ...

Well, over the past few years, one class of vegetablescalled nightshadeshas come under fire. Though skepticism about nightshades has been floating around for a while, it really took off a couple of ...