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
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 *

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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
Respiradepressant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Rubefacient	1	Martindale's 29th
Sclerosant	1	Martindale's 29th
Scolicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Sedative	3	Duke, 1992 *
Serotoninergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sialogogue	1	Martindale's 29th
Soap	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide	1	Martindale's 28th
Sunscreen	6	Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Suppository	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Surfactant	1	Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Sweetener	2	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Tachycardic	2	Martindale's 28th
Teratogenic	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	1	Bernard, F. X., Sable, S., Cameron, B., Provost, J., Desnottes, J. F., Crouzet, J., Blanche, F. 1997. Glycosylated Flavones as Selective Inhibitors of Topoisomerase IV. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 41: 992-998.
Toxic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tranquilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Transdermal	1	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Tremorilytic	1	Martindale's 28th