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Plant Datura candida (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Borrachero; Floripondio
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
3,6-DITIGLOYLOXYTROPANE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,6-DITIGLOYLOXYTROPANE-7-OL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-ALPHA-TIGLOYLOXYTROPANE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6BETA,7BETA-DIHYDROXYLITTORINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Plant 3000.0 5500.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
ATROPINE 51 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYOSCINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYOSCYAMINE 27 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METELOIDINE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METELOIDINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METELOIDINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METELOIDINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORATROPINE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORHYOSCINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORHYOSCYAMINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORHYOSCYAMINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORHYOSCYAMINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORSCOPOLAMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLAMINE 41 Plant 900.0 3300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLINE 0 Shoot not available not available 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
Allergenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Amnesigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Analgesic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 2 Martindale's 29th
Anhydrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianoxic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiarrhythmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antibradycardic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticholinergic 3 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Anticonvulsant 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antideliriant 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidote (Anticholinesterase) 3 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Black Widow) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Lobelia) 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antidote (Muscarine) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Mushroom) 1 Martindale's 30th
Antidote (Organophosphorus) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Poison Gas) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Tetrodotoxin) 2 Duke, 1992 *