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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
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
Anticervicaldysplasic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticholinergic 5 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.
Anticlastogen 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Anticold 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Anticoronary 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiCrohn's 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCVI 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidecubitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidementia 2 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Antidepressant 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidiabetic 3 Jin, G-Z., Yamagata, Y., and Tomita, K.-i. 1989. Structure of Rutin Pentamethanol. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(2): 297-300, 1990.
Antidiarrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *