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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
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 2 Duke, 1992 *
Photophobigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Preanesthetic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Psychoactive 2 Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
Psychotomimetic 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.
Sedative 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tachycardic 2 Martindale's 28th
Toxic 2 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.
Vasodilator 1 Merck 11th Edition