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.
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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
Percutaneostimulant	1	Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery	8	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide	19	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Photoactive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Photophobigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Phytoalexin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Phytohormonal	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Preanesthetic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Preservative	2	Merck 11th Edition
Prooxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Xu, L. N., Yu, W. G., Tian, J. Y., Liu, Q. Y. 1990. Effect of Sodium Ferulate on Arachidonic Acid Metabolism. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao, 25(6): 412-416.
Protisticide	2	Martindale's 29th
Psychoactive	2	Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
Psychotomimetic	1	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Psychotropic	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.
Radioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant	1	Martindale's 28th