Plant Hyoscyamus niger (Solanaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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
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 *

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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 *