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Plant Hyoscyamus niger (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Henbane
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Tranquilizer 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Transdermal 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Trichomonicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Tumorigenic 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
UV-Screen 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Vasodilator 5 Merck 11th Edition
Vasopressor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 2 Martindale's 28th
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *