Arka Sanjeevini is an improved variety of

Solution (By Examveda Team)

Arka Sanjeevini is an improved variety of Medicinal solanum.
'Arka Sanjeevini' and 'Arka Mahima' are the two diploid and tetraploid varieties of this crop developed at the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessarghatta, Bangalore and released for cultivation.
Medicinal solanum is used as raw materials for the production of steroidal drugs, steroid-bearing solanum holds an important place due to its quick growth and low initial investment in its commercial cultivation.
It yields a glycoalkaloid, solasodine, a nitrogen analogue of diosgenine. These steroidal compounds have anti-inflammatory, anabolic and anti-fertility properties, due to which they find large-scale use in health and family planning programmes all over the world.