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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.
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
HYOSCINE 0 Seed 1200.0 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HYOSCYAMINE 27 Seed 80.0 490.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYRALDEHYDE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LACTIC-ACID 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 22500.0 45000.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant not available 2120.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
METELOIDINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHANOL 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINE 21 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 93000.0 186000.0 0.55 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 15000.0 30000.0 -0.08 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM-NITRATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROPIONALDEHYDE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 140000.0 194000.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
PUTRESCINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLAMINE 41 Seed 53.0 3050.0 0.94 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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.