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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 *
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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 *