Plant Hyoscyamus niger (Solanaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Henbane

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
ALKALOIDS	0	Leaf	300.0	1700.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Root	not available	1600.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Seed	600.0	100.0	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
APOATROPINE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Seed	not available	0.3	2.51	Duke, 1992 *
ATROPINE	51	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ATROPINE	51	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ATROSCINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIMETHYLAMINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	not available	7420.0	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Seed	not available	26.0	1.01	Duke, 1992 *
COUMARIN	57	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUSCOHYGRINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ESCULETIN	30	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	250000.0	389000.0	0.65	Duke, 1992 *
GABA	22	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUM	0	Seed	not available	62000.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
HYOSCYAMINE	27	Leaf	not available	not available	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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	3	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amnesigenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Analeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	3	Martindale's 29th
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anhydrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiaggregant	3	Duke, 1992 *