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Plant Datura innoxia (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Thorn Apple
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
(-)-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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cyclopegic 1 Martindale's 29th
Cytotoxic 2 Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al)
Dermatitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fungicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Herbicide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hyperkinetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hyperpyrexic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Hypoglycemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 165
Hypotensive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
MAO-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Musculotropic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mydriatic 3 Merck 11th Edition
Myorelaxant 3 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 3 Duke, 1992 *
Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *