Devil’s apple

Atropine and scopolamine are alkaloids produced by members of the plant family Solanaceae which includes belladonna Atropa belladonna -source of atropine), henbane Hyoscyamius niger- the source of scopolamine), tomatoes, potatoes, green peppers, eggplant, and members of the Datura subfamily or genus, thornapple, Jimson or Jamestown weed, angel s trumpet, stinkweed, mandrake, and devil s apple. In the eatable plants it is the green portions which are poisonous vines, leaves, and sprouts. 

May apple, American mandrake, devil s apple, duck s foot)... 

Jimson weed is a malodorous, fruit-bearing plant with dark green pointed leaves and tubular white flowers. It grows 3-5 ft in height. Jimson weed is native to Asia however, it is also found throughout the United States and elsewhere. Other names for this plant and related species with the same active substance are locoseed, locoweed, devil s trumpet, Tolguacha, apple of Peru, Jamestown weed, devil s apple, thorn apple, stinkweed, hyoscyamine (leaves, roots, seeds) hyoscine (roots). 

Other names Jamestown weed common stramonium thorn apple, apple of Peru devil s apple mad apple stinkwort stinkweed (W.Va.) Jamestown lily (N.C.) white man s plant (by Indians). 

Some of the drugs responsible are amitriptyline, amoxapine, atropine, benztropine, biperiden, didinium, cyclobenzaprine, desipramine, doxepin, hyoscyamine, imipramine, lorazepam, maprotiline, nortriptyline, protriptyline, propantheline, scopolamine, trimipramine. Some herbals that can elicit the anticholinergic syndrome are black henbane, deadly nightshade, Devil s apple, Jimson weed, Loco seeds or weeds, Matrimony vine, night blooming jessamine, stinkweed. 

Stramonium. Thorn apple Jamestown weed Jimpson weed Jimson weed stinkweed devil s apple apple of Peru. Dried leaves and flowering tops of Do turn stramonium L., Solanaceae. Habit Europs. Asia. America, Con-slit. Leaves 0.25-0.45% alkaloids consisting of atropine,... 

Belladonna poisoning occurs with the ingestion of anticholinergic drugs or plants such as nightshade, thorn-apple, Jimson weed, stinkweed or devil s apple. Poisoning can also occur in children receiving atropinic eye drops because of systemic absorption. 

Datura stramonium Jimson weed, devil s weed, Thorn apple. Contains atropine, hyoscine, hyoscyamine. Stramonium tea and cigarettes used to be used for asthma. Dilated pupils, mania, red skin colour (dilated vessels and no sweating) thirst, tachycardia, vomiting, convulsions. 100-125 seeds lethal. Death uncommon. Datura was apparently used in India by poisoners to remove idiots from positions of high rank. 

M. Sarzi-Amade, S. MorselU, P. Moggi, A. Maione, P. Ruiz, M. Devillers, Appl. Catal. A General, 284 (2005) 11. 

Delcorte, A., Hermans, S., Devillers, M., Lourette, N., Aubriet, E, Muller, IF, Bertrand, P. (2004) Desorption/ ionization of molecular nanoclusters SIMS versus MALDI. Appl Surf. Sci.,231-232,131-135. 

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