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Common Names
Henbane
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HYOSCYAMINE | 27 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYOSCYPICRIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | not available | 180.0 | 0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-DIGLYCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 141000.0 | 219396.0 | 0.96 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Seed | not available | 5250.0 | 0.91 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Seed | not available | 166.0 | 1.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-PYROLLIDINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-PYRROLINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | 750.0 | 1167.0 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 88000.0 | 136928.0 | 0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 16250.0 | 25285.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Seed | not available | 5680.0 | -0.61 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM-NITRATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | not available | 212000.0 | -0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PYRIDINE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-7-GLUCOSIDO-3-RHAMNOGALACTOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RESIN | 0 | Seed | 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. |