Steinmetz:Duboisia

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Duboisia myoporoides

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Solanaceae
English Names
  • Cork wood
Natural Habitat
  • South Queensland
  • New South Wales (Australia)
  • New Caledonia
Part(s) Used
  • Cortex Duboisiae
  • Folia Duboisiae
Constituent(s)
  • duboisine
  • which probably is a mixture of hyoscyamine and hyoscine = scopolamine (alkaloids)
Action
  • bark: hypnotic; leaf: used as a substitute for Folia Belladonnae. In small doses
  • the bark and the leaf are sedative
  • in large doses toxic
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