Plant Datura stramonium (Solanaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Jimsonweed

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Plant	not available	750.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
CUSCOHYGRINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DATUGEN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DATUGENIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DITIGLOYL-D-DEHYDROXYTROPANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Leaf	not available	450.0	-0.98	Duke, 1992 *
ESCULETIN	30	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHANOL	24	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	150000.0	300000.0	0.18	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FLURODATURATINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FORMALDEHYDE	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOLIC-ACID	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOFLURODATURATINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYOSCINE	0	Leaf	550.0	2500.0	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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Addictive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Additive	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	4	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	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	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amnesigenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Analgesic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	5	Martindale's 29th
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *