Steinmetz:Datura

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Datura alba

Also known as (or relevant to) Datura alba Datura fastuosa Datura innoxia Datura metel 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

Datura arborea

Also known as (or relevant to) Datura arborea Datura tatula 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 Flores Daturae

Constituent(s) hyoscyamine and related alkaloids Action toxic; recommended for smoking in asthma

Datura stramonium

Also known as (or relevant to) Datura stramonium 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

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book