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Hyoscyamine can be extracted from plants of the family Solanaceae, notably Datura stramonium. As hyoscyamine is a direct precursor in the plant biosynthesis of hyoscine, it is produced via the same metabolic pathway. [18] The biosynthesis of hyoscine begins with the decarboxylation of L-ornithine to putrescine by ornithine decarboxylase (EC 4.1 ...
Scopolamine, also known as hyoscine, [9] or Devil's Breath, [10] is a natural or synthetically produced tropane alkaloid and anticholinergic drug that is used as a medication to treat motion sickness [11] and postoperative nausea and vomiting.
Datura plant, commonly used in traditional Chumash spirituality. Chumash traditional medicine is a type of traditional medicine practiced by the Chumash people of the southern coastal regions of California. [1] Chumash medicine focused on treating mind, spirit, and body alike to promote the wellness of both the individual and the larger community.
Datura intoxication typically produces delirium, hallucination, hyperthermia, tachycardia, bizarre behavior, urinary retention, and severe mydriasis, with resultant painful photophobia that can last several days. [9] Pronounced amnesia is another commonly reported effect. [37]
Atropa bella-donna has a long history of use as a medicine, cosmetic, and poison. [14] [4] [15] Known originally under various folk names (such as "deadly nightshade" in English), the plant was named Atropa bella-donna by Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) when he devised his classification system.
The fasting-mimicking diet (FMD) claims to do just that. ... Participants had a body mass index of at least 28—25 to 29.9 is overweight and 30 or above is obese—and a diagnosis of either ...
Datura is a genus of nine species of highly poisonous, vespertine-flowering plants belonging to the nightshade family (). [1] They are commonly known as thornapples or jimsonweeds, but are also known as devil's trumpets or mad apple [2] (not to be confused with angel's trumpets, which are placed in the closely related genus Brugmansia).
Datura wrightii, commonly known as sacred datura, is a poisonous perennial plant species and ornamental flower of the family Solanaceae native to the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It is sometimes used as a hallucinogen due to its psychoactive alkaloids. D. wrightii is classified as an anticholinergic deliriant. [1]