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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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Cholinergic 2 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 5 Martindale's 28th
CNS-Stimulant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclopegic 1 Martindale's 29th
Cytotoxic 2 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Dermatitigenic 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Diuretic 1 HerbalGram No. 17.
Dopaminigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Ectoparasiticide 1 Merck 11th Edition
Emollient 1 Martindale's 29th
Epinephrininergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
FLavor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fungicide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective 4 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 2 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Hyperglycemic 1 Duke, 1992 *