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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
L-SCOPOLAMINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-SCOPOLAMINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUKATROPINIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METELOIDINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PYRROLINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYLPYRROLIDINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINE 21 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORATROPINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORHYOSCYAMINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PYRIDINE 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-7-GLUCOSIDE-3-RHAMNOGALACTOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-7-GLUCOSIDE-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLAMINE 41 Root 40.0 88.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Root not available 120000.0 1.36 Duke, 1992 *
TROPACOCAINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *