[Magdalen] Potato question

[Charles Wohlers]

Actually, it's not solanine - which isn't green at all. Potatoes exposed to 
light start to create chlorophyll (which, of course, is green), so as to 
make food so they can grow again. Solanine is simply a by-product of this 
process.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: Grace Cangialosi
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 10:47 PM
To: Magdalen
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Potato question

Found it! It’s solanine, and it’s a very bad actor for humans. So don’t go 
eating potatoes that have turned green!

> On Feb 18, 2018, at 10:42 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> What is it that makes potatoes turn green if you keep them in the light? 
> The only word that keeps running around in my head is selenium, but that 
> connection doesn’t show up when I search. Whatever it is, it’s not good 
> for us