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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Hyoscyamus albus (Solanaceae)

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Common name(s)
Banj; White Henbane; Hisquiamus; Meimendro Branco; Beleno Negro; Giusquiamo Bianco; Weisses Bilsenkraut; Jusquiame Blanche; Beleno Blanco; Wit Bilzenkruid

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Tooth) Elsewhere *
Anodyne Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Anodyne English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Anodyne Elsewhere *
Asthma Elsewhere *
Cancer Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Diabetes India *
Eye Elsewhere *
Fumitory Portuguese Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Gout Elsewhere *
Hypnotic German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Mydriatic Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Mydriatic Italian Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Mydriatic Elsewhere *
Narcotic Elsewhere *
Narcotic Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Narcotic French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Nerves Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Pertussis Elsewhere *
Poison Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.