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Plant Hyoscyamus niger (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Henbane
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
AntiMeniere's 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimenopausal 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 3 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimigraine 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimitotic 1 Pandeya, S.N. 1970. Biological Activity of Adamantyl Derivatives. The Indian Journal of Pharmacy, 33: 7.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimononuccleotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
AntiMS 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimuscarinic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antimutagenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimycoplasmotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antinephritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 1 Duke, 1992 *