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Plant Brugmansia amesianum (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Culebra
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 not available 3000.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Stem not available 3000.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
ATROPINE 51 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLAMINE 41 Plant not available not available 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
Antiuveitic 1 Martindale's 30th
Antivertigo 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiviral 2 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchodilator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiodepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 2 Martindale's 28th
CNS-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclopegic 1 Martindale's 29th
Dermatitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hyperkinetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hyperpyrexic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Insecticide 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Mydriatic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Myorelaxant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neurotoxic 1 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.
Paralytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Photophobigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *