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Plant Hyoscyamus niger (Solanaceae)

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
Narcotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neuroinhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic 2 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurotransmitter 2 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Ovicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Oviposition-Stimulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PAF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Paralytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Parasympathomimetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 9 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 1 Planta Medica, 56(6): 671, 1990.
Photophobigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Piscicide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Preanesthetic 1 Merck 11th Edition