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

 Hyoscyamus muticus (Solanaceae)

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Common name(s)
Egyptisch Bilzenkruid; Kohibung; Jusquiame D'Egypt; Egyptian Henbane; Agyptisches Bilsenkraut

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Tooth) Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Anodyne Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Asthma Egypt *
Cerebral Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Fumitory Africa *
Fumitory Egypt *
Fumitory India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fumitory India *
Hypnotic French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Insomnia Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Intoxicant India *
Intoxicant Africa *
Narcotic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Narcotic Egypt *
Narcotic Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Poison English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Sedative German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sedative Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Spine Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
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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.