Datura alba

Datura alba Nees. Pericarps, leaves, stems hyoscine. Seeds, hyoscine with a little hyoscyamine. 

Datura alba Nees. D. fastuosa L. var. alba Clark D. innoxia Mill. D. metel L. D. stramonium L. D. talula L. Man Tu Luo (Jimsonweed) (leaf, seed, flower) Scopolamine, hyoscyamine, daturodiol, daturolone, hyoscine.33-144 450 This herb is toxic. Spasmolytic, analgesic, antiasthmatic, antirheumatic agent. A general anesthetic for major operations. 

Datura alba, D. fastuosa, D. innoxia, D. metel, D. stramonium, D. tatula Datura alba, D. fastuosa, D. innoxia, D. metel, D. stramonium, D. tatula Daucus carota Daucus carota Acanthopanax sessiliflorus... 

Source Datura alba, D.innoxia. Molecular formula C 17 H23 N O4. Molecular weight Not confirmed. Melting point Not confirmed Biological activity Not confirmed. 

Datura metel (= Datura alba) and Datura innoxia are naturahzed in the tropical zone of Asia. (—)-Hyoscyamine is present in the leaves, and... 

Kuganathan N, Saminathan S, Muttukrishna S (2008) Toxicity of Datura alba leaf extract to aphids and ants, fritemet J Toxicol 5 2... 

Datura, Dried leaves and dried seeds of Datura fastuosa L., var. alba Nees (also leaves from D metel L ), Soianaceae. Habit. India. Gmsru. About 0.5% hyoscine, with traces of hyoscyamine and atropine the seeds contain also resin and fixed oil- Comprehensive monograph A. F. Blakeslee, The Genus Datura (Ronald Press, New York, 1959) 289 pp. 

Scopolamine is found in the leaves of Datura metel L., D. meteloides L., and D. fastuosa var. alba (Cordell 1978). It is used as a sedative, a preanesthetic agent, and in the treatment of motion sickness (Merck 1989). 

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