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Common Names
Henbane
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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 * |
| 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 * |