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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
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 28th
Antihistaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocysteine 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypertensive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiiritic 1 Martindale's 30th
Antileukotrienogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimanic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimitotic 1 Gawron, A. and Glowniak, K. 1987. Cytostatic Activity of Coumarins in vitro. Planta Medica 1987: 526.
Antimuscarinic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antimutagenic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antinephritic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antinesidioblastosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antineuralgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.