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

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
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibradycardic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antibrucellosic	1	Gawron, A., Gorski, G., Glowniak*, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Anticancer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Kidney)	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticancer (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Prostate)	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticancer (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Anticarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticataract	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticephalagic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticerebrotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiCFS	1	Duke, 1992 *