• Atropa acuminata - Royle. (pfaf.org)
  • Atropa acuminata is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.9 m (3ft) by 0.8 m (2ft 6in). (pfaf.org)
  • The fruit of the remaining genus Atropa is a glossy, juicy berry, making Atropa species especially dangerous poisonous plants, since - unlike other Hyoscyameae - their attractive fruits may easily be mistaken for edible berries, particularly by children - as has frequently occurred in the case of Atropa belladonna, the infamous Deadly Nightshade. (wikipedia.org)
  • The plant resembles the Indian Atropa acuminata, but differs from it most markedly in bearing a berry that, unlike those of other Atropa species, is not globose but oblong in shape, somewhat resembling that edible Solanaceous fruit the Goji. (wikipedia.org)
  • Belladonna, Belladonna - species of Atropa L. (medprep.info)
  • Another species, Atropa acuminata Roy, grows in India and is used in England. (medprep.info)
  • Indian belladonna has very similar uses to the related deadly nightshade (A. bella-donna). (pfaf.org)
  • The following uses for deadly nightshade are also probably applicable for this species[K]:- Although it is poisonous, deadly nightshade has a long history of medicinal use and has a wide range of applications, in particular it is used to dilate the pupils in eye operations, to relieve intestinal colic and to treat peptic ulcers[254]. (pfaf.org)
  • All eight genera of the tribe are poisonous and have a long tradition of use as medicinal plants, being rich in tropane alkaloids with anticholinergic properties. (wikipedia.org)
  • The alkaloid content also varies according to the development of the plant, being low when the plant is flowering and very high when bearing green berries[240]. (pfaf.org)
  • A ninth genus referable to Hyoscyameae remains unresolved : the poorly-known, monotypic genus Pauia contains the single species Pauia belladonna Deb and Dutta native to Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. (wikipedia.org)
  • The best known species are A. belladonna L. and A. caucasica Kreyer. (medprep.info)
  • In the same species, the amount of alkaloids is different in different organs of the plant and, moreover, varies depending on the phase of vegetation and environmental conditions. (medprep.info)
  • All parts of the plant contain tropane alkaloids[254]. (pfaf.org)
  • Of natural pharmacologically active substances, alkaloids are the main group from which modern medicine draws the largest number of highly effective drugs. (medprep.info)
  • The leaves of belladonna contain 0.3-0.75% of the amount of alkaloids (mainly hyoscyamine), in the roots - a little more. (medprep.info)
  • In leaves within 0.45% of the amount of alkaloids with a predominance of hyoscyamine, but many volatile bases. (medprep.info)
  • From the leaves and herbs of belladonna (Folium et Herba Belladonnae), prepare tincture, thick and dry extracts, which are part of numerous medicines. (medprep.info)
  • in the factory isolation of the alkaloid from plants, it is traditionally obtained its inactive racemate - atropine in the form of a salt - Atropini sulfas. (medprep.info)
  • Other tropane derivatives, found in the same plants in small quantities, as well as liquid and volatile pyridine derivatives, often associated with tropane alkaloids, are of no practical importance. (medprep.info)
  • Alkaloids are called natural nitrogen-containing compounds of the main character, formed in plants. (medprep.info)
  • According to world literature, by the end of the past decade, the number of alkaloids isolated from the higher plants of the Earth's flora exceeded 5000. (medprep.info)
  • According to modern concepts, alkaloid-bearing plants make up 10% of the entire world flora. (medprep.info)