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

Common Names
Belladonna
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TROPINE 1 Root *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiarrhythmic 3 *
Antiasthmatic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antiasthmatic? 1 *
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 *
Anticancer 1 *
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Anticariogenic 1 *
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 *
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 *
Antideliriant 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidementia 1 *
Antidiabetic 1 *
Antidiarrheic 1 *
Antidote (Anticholinesterase) 3 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Black Widow) 1 Martindale's 29th