Plant Atropa bella-donna (Solanaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Belladonna

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALKALOIDS	0	Leaf	1000.0	12000.0	0.20	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Root	4000.0	8800.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
APOATROPINE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ATROPAMINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ATROPAMINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ATROPINE	51	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BELLADONNINE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BELLADONNINE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BELLARIDINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUSCOHYGRINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-N-METHYLORNITHINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ESCULETIN	30	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HELLARADINE	0	Root	not available	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMATROPINE	7	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYOSCYAMINE	27	Root	2000.0	8712.0	1.80	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-7-GLUCOSIDE-3-RHAMNOGALACTOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-7-GLUCOSIDE-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-HYOSCYAMINE	0	Root	3080.0	7656.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Addictive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Additive	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Okada,Y,et al.1995.Search for Naturally Occurring Substances to Prevent the Complications of Diabetes.II.Inhibitory Effect of Coumarin and Flavonoid Derivatives on Bovine Lens Aldose Reductase and Rabbit Platelet Aggregation.Chem Pharm Bull43(8):1385-1387
Allelochemic	2	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Amnesigenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Analgesic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	3	Martindale's 29th
Anesthetic-potentiator	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anhydrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorectic	1	Duke, 1992 *
ANS-Paralytic	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ANS-Stimulant	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadrenergic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianoxic	2	Martindale's 29th