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Plant Mandragora officinarum (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Mandrake
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
3,6-DITIGLOYLOXYTROPANE 0 Root not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
3-ALPHA-TIGLOYLOXYTROPANE 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALKALOIDS 0 Root 3000.0 4000.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
APOATROPINE 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ATROPINE 51 Root 10.0 20.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BELLADONNINE 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSATROPIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CUSCOHYGRINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 226000.0 -0.21 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
HYOSCYAMINE 27 Root 2500.0 3500.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
MANDRAGORINE 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORHYOSCYAMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 221000.0 -0.11 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SCOPINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLAMINE 41 Root 30.0 50.0 -0.75 Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SCOPOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TROPIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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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
Toxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Transdermal 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Tumorigenic 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Uterosedative 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Vasodilator 1 Merck 11th Edition