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Common Names
Henbane
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Select a Results View:
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Cyclopegic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Cytoprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytotoxic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Demulcent | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Dermatitigenic | 3 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DME-Inhibitor | 1 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134. |
| Emetic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogenic | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Estrogenic? | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| FLavor | 4 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 3 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemorrhagic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hemostat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 5 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |