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

Plant Datura stramonium (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Jimsonweed
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 *
4-HYDROXYLUBIMIN 0 Plant *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant *
ACETONE 3 Leaf *
ACONITIC-ACID 1 Plant *
ALKALOIDS 0 Fruit 4600.0 -0.11 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Leaf 2500.0 5100.0 -0.27 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Plant 1000.0 5000.0 -0.30 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Root 2100.0 -0.82 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Seed 5000.0 -0.56 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Stem 2500.0 2600.0 -0.47 *
ALPHA-KETO-GLUTARIC-ACID 0 Plant *
APOATROPINE 2 Plant *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant *
ATROPAMINE 0 Plant *
ATROPINE 51 Plant 800.0 1000.0 *
ATROPINESTERASE 0 Plant *
BUTANOL 0 Leaf *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant *
CAPSIDOL 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acaricide 1 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidulant 4 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Addictive 1 (View) *
Additive 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 (View) *
Allelochemic 4 (View) 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.
Allelopathic 1 (View) Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 9 (View) *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Amnesigenic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Analgesic 10 (View) *
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 5 (View) Martindale's 29th
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *