On Fri, 31 May 2002 18:17:04 -0400, Todd Moody <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>>   http://www.fao.org/inpho/vlibrary/t0207e/T0207E08.htm
>I found the following interesting: "Potato contains the glycoalkaloids
>alpha-solanine and alpha-chaconine (Maya, 1980), concentrated mainly in
>the flowers and sprouts (200 to 500 mg/100 g). In healthy potato tubers
>the concentration of the glycoalkaloids is usually less than 10 mg/100
>g and this can normally be reduced by peeling (Wood and Young, 1974;
>Bushway et al., 1983)."

I was understanding these to be cultivated potatoes -- not a wild species.
What wild species that could be like the paleo era
ones is the question.

Philip Thrift
http://www.geocities.com/paleofitness