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
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic	1	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhoidal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup	1	Martindale's 28th
Antihistaminic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihomocysteine	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypercholesterolemic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiimpotence	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.