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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
Hyperkinetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hyperpyrexic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 1 Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Hypocholesterolemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypoglycemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 165
Hypotensive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Irritant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Lipotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Musculotropic 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mydriatic 3 Merck 11th Edition
Myorelaxant 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Nematistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neurotoxic 2 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.