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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
SCOPOLETIN 44 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLIN 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOPHOROSE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Plant not available 70000.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
TIGLOYLMETELOIDIN 0 Plant 5.0 25.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VITASTRAMONOLIDE 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