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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
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antioxidant 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant Synergist 3 Merck 11th Edition
Antiparkinsonian 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 3 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiperspirant 1 Martindale's 29th
Antipertussic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiplantar 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiplatelet 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antipoliomyelitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiproliferant 3 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antiprostaglandin 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 1 Martindale's 28th