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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
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
Tranquilizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Transdermal 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Tumorigenic 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Uterosedative 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
UV-Screen 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Vasodilator 1 Merck 11th Edition
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *