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
HYOSCYAMINE	27	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYOSCYPICRIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Seed	not available	180.0	0.14	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-DIGLYCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	141000.0	219396.0	0.96	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	not available	5250.0	0.91	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	not available	166.0	1.40	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PYROLLIDINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PYRROLINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	750.0	1167.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	88000.0	136928.0	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	16250.0	25285.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	not available	5680.0	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM-NITRATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	not available	212000.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
PYRIDINE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-7-GLUCOSIDO-3-RHAMNOGALACTOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Seed	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 *