Steinmetz:Datura
From Metabolomics.JP
(Difference between revisions)
|
|
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| | + | {{CodexVegetabilis/Header}} |
| | + | |
| | {{CodexVegetabilis | | {{CodexVegetabilis |
| | |nameL=Datura alba&&Datura fastuosa&&Datura innoxia&&Datura metel | | |nameL=Datura alba&&Datura fastuosa&&Datura innoxia&&Datura metel |
Latest revision as of 21:00, 8 June 2009
[edit] Datura alba
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Solanaceae
- English Names
- Indian Datura (white-flowered)
- Indian Thorn-Apple
- Natural Habitat
- India; grown in the South of Europe
- China
- South Africa
- Part(s) Used
- Folia Daturae albae
- Semen Daturae albae
|
- Constituent(s)
- hyoscine (scopolamine)
- daturine
- atropine
- mucilage
- albumen
- Action
- anodyne
- sedative
- narcotic
- toxic. In India
- the plant has acquired a bad reputation as a secret poison used by criminals
|
[edit] Datura arborea
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Solanaceae
- English Names
- Large Thorn-Apple
- Purple Stinkweed
- Angel's Trumpet
- Natural Habitat
- South America; naturalized in Italy and South Western Europe
- extensively cultivated in Hungary
- Part(s) Used
|
- Constituent(s)
- hyoscyamine and related alkaloids
- Action
- toxic; recommended for smoking in asthma
|
[edit] Datura stramonium
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Solanaceae.
- English Names
- Stramonium weed
- Common Thorn-Apple
- Devil's Apple
- Mad-Apple
- Jimson weed
- Natural Habitat
- all over the world except in the extremely cold regions
- Southern Russia
- Hungary
- Part(s) Used
- Folia Stramonii
- Semen Stramonii
|
- Constituent(s)
- seed
- leaf: daturine (a mixture of hyoscyamine and atropine)
- scopolamine
- tannin; root: hyoscyamine
- scopolamine
- acids
- tannin
- fatty oil
- Action
- leaf: hypnotic
- narcotic
- anodyne
- nervine
- antispasmodic
- anti-asthmatic
- toxic; seed: sedative
- narcotic
- nervine
- anodyne
- antispasmodic
- toxic. The leaf is smoked for the relief of asthma
|
Links
