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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUTIN | 87 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCOPETOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCOPINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCOPOLAMINE | 41 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCOPOLINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | not available | 327.0 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 4000.0 | 6224.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRAMETHYLPUTRESCINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIMETHYLAMINE | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TROPINE | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Seed | not available | 48.0 | 0.08 | 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. |