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
Antidote (Iodine)	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lobelia)	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antidote (Muscarine)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Mushroom)	1	Martindale's 30th
Antidote (Organophosphorus)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Poison Gas)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Tetrodotoxin)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric	2	HerbalGram No. 24, page 37.
Antidyskinetic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiedemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiemetic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antiemphysemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antienuretic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiescherichic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antifeedant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antifumitory	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiganglionic	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.
Antihepatotoxic	2	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antiherpetic	4	Duke, 1992 *