Steinmetz:Hyoscyamus
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Hyoscyamus albus
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Solanaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Part(s) Used
- Folia Hyoscyami
- Radix Hyoscyami: Semen Hyoscyami
- Oleum Hyoscyami coctum
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- Constituent(s)
- Action
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Hyoscyamus muticus
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Solanaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Egypt
- Afghanistan
- India
- Arabia
- Persia
- Part(s) Used
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- Constituent(s)
- hyoscyamine
- hyoscine (scopolamine)
- tannin
- resin
- essential oil
- Action
- the leaves are used for the same purposes as those of Hyoscyamus niger; toxic. Egyptian Hyoscyamus is a commercial source for atropine. It is smoked in small quantities by Faquirs
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Hyoscyamus niger
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Solanaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Europe (including Great Britain)
- Russia
- Balkan (especially Hungary and Rumania)
- North Africa
- Asia; cultivated in North America
- Brazil
- Part(s) Used
- Folia Hyoscyami
- Radix Hyoscyami: Semen Hyoscyami
- Oleum Hyoscyami coctum
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- Constituent(s)
- hyoscyamine
- hyoscine (scopolamine)
- tannin
- resin
- essential oil
- cholin
- Action
- anodyne
- sedative
- hypnotic
- narcotic
- mydriatic
- toxic
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