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Plant Datura innoxia (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Thorn Apple
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
(-)-3ALPHA,6BETA-DITIGLOYLOXYTROPANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3ALPHA,6BETA-DITIGLOYLOXYTROPANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-HYDROXY-3,6-DITIGLOYLOXYTROPANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Flower not available 5170.0 0.01 Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Fruit 1200.0 7700.0 0.40 Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Leaf 2500.0 5500.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Root not available 3900.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Seed 2300.0 4400.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Shoot not available 6010.0 0.06 Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Stem not available 3000.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
APOATROPINE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ATROPINE 51 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CUSCOHYGRINE 0 Root 195.0 1170.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DATURADIOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DATURANOLONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DITIGLOYLTELOIDINE 0 Leaf 75.0 1650.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DITIGLOYLTELOIDINE 0 Root 80.0 1015.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DITIGLOYLTELOIDINE 0 Stem 60.0 600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 120000.0 220000.0 -0.24 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
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Okada,Y,et al.1995.Search for Naturally Occurring Substances to Prevent the Complications of Diabetes.II.Inhibitory Effect of Coumarin and Flavonoid Derivatives on Bovine Lens Aldose Reductase and Rabbit Platelet Aggregation.Chem Pharm Bull43(8):1385-1387
Allelochemic 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Amnesigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Analgesic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 3 Martindale's 29th
Anhydrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadrenergic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianoxic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiarrhythmic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antibacterial 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antibradycardic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antibronchoconstrictor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticarcinomic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinergic 5 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.