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![Part Total Name of plant of alkaloids Constituents References plant per cent. Atropa Belladonna Leaves 0T5-0-60 av. 0-40 CiiioUy hyoscyamine - Hoots OT-U-7 ) 3> Old roots may ton- av. 0'50 tain a little atro- pine (Gadamcr) Seeds 0-831 »3 >) — Whole plant 0-23-108 — Datura spp. D. arborea Leaves 0-44 Chielly scopolamine, Rirclior, .1 rcli.Pharm. Seeds — some hyoscyamine 1905, 243, 309; Stems 0-23 in young stems, and roots 1906,244,66 D. lastuvsa B'ruits 0-202 Andrews, Trans. var, niger Leaves and 0-119 Scopolamine alone Chem. Soc. 1911, branches or with hyoscya- 99,1876 Roots 0-101 mine var. lior Seeds 0-254 >) 1 Schmidt, Arch. coerul. plcn. var. fior alb. plen. Seeds 0-223 .. - Phann. 1906, J 244,66 D. Meld '■ Fiuits 012 Usually chielly Rircher, loc. cil.; Leaves 0-25-0-55 scopolamine; Aiidrows, loc. cit.; Roots 0-1 -0-22 occasionally a Sclimidt, Arch. Seeds 0-23-0-50 little hyoscyamine Phann, 1910, 248, or atropine 641 D. meleloides ‘ Whole plant 0-4 Scopolamine, 0-13; Pyman & Reynolds, atro])ine, 0*03 ; Trans. Chem. iSoc. mcteloidiue, 0-07 1908, 93, 2077 D. qucrcilolia Leaves 0-42 Scopolamine and Kircher, loc. cit. Seeds 0-29 liyoscyamine Peldhaus, Arch. D. Stramonium X(Cav6S 0-2 -0-45 Chielly liyoscyamine Roots 0-21-0-25 Hyoscyamine and Phann. 1905, 243, scopolamine 328 Seeds 0-2 -0-48 Chielly liyoscyamine Andrews, loc. cit. Umney, Phann. Journ. 1903 [iv]. Duboisiu 15,492 myoporoides ^ Koots — Hyoscyamine, Merck, Journ. Soc. scopolamine. Chem. Ind. 1897, Hyoscyainus spp. i//-hyoscyamiiie 16, 515 H. albas Leaves 0-21-0-5G U‘l -014 \ Hyoscyamine and Seeds 0-16 J scopolamine U. muticus Leaves 1-4 Hyoscyamine Uunstan & Brown, Leaves 0-6 Trans. Chem. and stems Soc. 1899 75, Seeds 0-87-1-34 72 ; 1901,79, 71 Stems 0-6 Gadamcr, Arch. Phann. 1898, 236, 704 H. niger Leaves 0045-0-08 Chiefly hyoscyamine Umney, loc. cit. Roots 0-15-0-17 witli some scopola- Seeds 0-06-0-10 mine and atroiiiue Tops 0-07-0-10 U. reticulatus Seeds 0-082 Hyoscyamine and Bull. Imp. Inst. Whole plant 0-116-0-240 possibly other alkaloids 1911, 9, 115 Scopolia carnio- Rhizomes 0-43-0-51 Hyoscyamine, witli Dunstan & Chaston, lica possibly a trace of Phann. Journ. (S. atropoides, scopolamine 1889 [iiij, 20, 461 S. Hladnikiana) Ransom, ibid. p. 462, S. japonica ‘ Leaves 0-18 Schmidt and Henschke, Arch. Pharm, 1888 [iii], 26, 185 Watanabe, Abst. Chem. Soc. 1911, ii, 427 Carr and Keynolds (Trans. Chem. Soc. 1912, 101, 946) have shown that these plants and also Mandragora vernalis contain norhyoscyamine (p, 80). 4](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2196189x_0061.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
