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Plant Atropa bella-donna (Solanaceae)

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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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