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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticheilitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticholinergic 3 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antichoreic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlastogen 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticolitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticonvulsant 4 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiCrohn's 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiCVI 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antideliriant 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidementia 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidermatitic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidiabetic 7 Duke, 1992 *