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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
RUTIN	87	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPETOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLAMINE	41	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	not available	327.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	4000.0	6224.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
TETRAMETHYLPUTRESCINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIMETHYLAMINE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TROPINE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Seed	not available	48.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiinflammatory	9	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Antiinsomniac	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiiritic	1	Martindale's 30th
AntiLegionella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	1	Martindale's 29th
Antilethargic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiLyme	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphedemic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antilymphomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	1	Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary*, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimanic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic	2	Duke, 1992 *