**2. Solanaceae family**

Solanaceae family belongs to the order Solanales of angiosperms. Generally, they are called as potato family. This group is also called as nightshade family because of the poisonous alkaloids present in some members of the family. Most of the plants are economically important because of their food, ornamental or medicinal values. Some of the plants in this family are potato, tomato, all peppers, eggplant, etc. It also contains deadly toxic plants. These family members are found throughout the world but are widely distributed in the tropical regions of South America. Members of this family show different morphological and ecological characteristics [6]. Some of the medicinal plants are *Atropa, Hyosymus, Withania, Nicotiana,* and *Capsicum. Petunia, Datura,* and *Schizanthus* are used as ornamental plants [7] (**Table 1**), (**Figure 1**).

Afroz et al. reported, "Bioactive secondary metabolites reported from the members of the Solanaceae include AMPs, alkaloids, flavonoids, glycosides, lactones, lignans, steroids, simple phenols, sugars, and terpenoids" [7].


*Phytochemicals from Solanaceae Family and Their Anticancer Properties DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.104462*

#### **Table 1.**

*Important plants of the Solanaceae family and their uses [8].*

#### **Figure 1.**

*Some members of the Solanaceae family plants: 1. Capsicum frutescens .L. 2. Solanum nigrum L. 3. Solanum lycopersicum L. 4. Solanum melongena L.*
