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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 *
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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
Antiarrhythmic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antiasthmatic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antibradycardic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antibronchoconstrictor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Anticariogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticholinergic 5 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antichoreic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Anticystinuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antideliriant 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidementia 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Anticholinesterase) 3 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Black Widow) 1 Martindale's 29th