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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
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimitotic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiMS 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimuscarinic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antimutagenic 10 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antineoplastic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic 3 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiophidic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic 1 Martindale's 28th