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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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXYLUBIMIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETONE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACONITIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Fruit not available 4600.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Leaf 2500.0 5100.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Plant 1000.0 5000.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Root not available 2100.0 -0.82 Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Seed not available 5000.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Stem 2500.0 2600.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-KETO-GLUTARIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APOATROPINE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ATROPAMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ATROPINE 51 Plant 800.0 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ATROPINESTERASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTANOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPSIDOL 0 Plant not available not available 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
Antipsoriac 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antipurpuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 6 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
AntiRaynaud's 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiseborrheic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 11 Martindale's 28th
Antiserotonin 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisialogogue 3 Martindale's 28th
Antispasmodic 10 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antispermatorrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.