Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Datura metel (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Hindu Datura
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
3-ALPHA-TIGLOYLOXYTROPANE 0 Root *
3ALPHA,6BETA-DITIGLOYLOXYTROPAN-7BETA-OL 0 Root *
3ALPHA,6BETA-DITIGLOYLOXYTROPANE 0 Root *
3ALPHA-ACETOXYTROPANE 0 Root *
7-HYDROXY-3,6-DITIGLOYLOXYTROPANE 0 Root *
ALKALOIDS 0 Flower 1700.0 9800.0 1.35 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Fruit 890.0 2700.0 -0.42 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Leaf 700.0 5500.0 -0.24 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Plant 900.0 5500.0 -0.29 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Root 1000.0 7000.0 -0.58 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Seed 1700.0 5900.0 -0.51 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Sprout Seedling 1900.0 -1.00 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Stem 300.0 4100.0 0.09 *
ALLANTOIN 12 Seed *
ALPHA-LINOLEIC-ACID 0 Seed 28260.0 -0.09 *
APOHYOSCINE 0 Root *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 2220.0 -0.24 *
ATROPINE 51 Seed *
BETA-LINOLEIC-ACID 0 Seed 3500.0 -1.00 *
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Seed 1200.0 -1.40 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Choleretic 2 (View) *
CNS-Depressant 4 (View) Martindale's 28th
CNS-Stimulant 2 (View) *
Cold-preventive 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 1 (View) *
Cyclopegic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Dermatitigenic 2 (View) *
Detoxicant 1 (View) *
Diuretic 1 (View) *
Fistula-Preventive 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Hyperkinetic 1 (View) *
Hyperpyrexic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Hypnotic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Hypocholesterolemic 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Hypotensive 1 (View) *
Immunomodulator 1 (View) *
Immunostimulant 2 (View) *
Insecticide 1 (View) Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.