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
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