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Plant Datura candida (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Borrachero; Floripondio
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
TROPINE 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TROPINE 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TROPINE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiulcer 3 Martindale's 28th
Antiuveitic 1 Martindale's 30th
Antivertigo 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antivinous 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 3 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchodilator 3 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Cardiodepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 3 Martindale's 28th
CNS-Stimulant 2 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 3 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).