Reinvestigation of the fruits of Solanum sycophanta yielded sycophantine as the major glycoalkaloid besides 22,25-diepisycophantine and 21-hydroxysycophantine and the already known glycoalkaloids, solasonine and solamargine. The structures were established by spectroscopic methods, mainly by 2D NMR. Copyright (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd