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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antivinous	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Anxiolytic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
Autotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bacteristat	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchodilator	3	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive	8	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Capillariprotective	1	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	2	Science News, 146: 421.
Cardiodepressant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective	4	Duke, 1992 *