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Atropa bella-donna flower. Atropa bella-donna is a branching herbaceous perennial rhizomatous hemicryptophyte, often growing as a subshrub from a fleshy rootstock. Plants can reach a height of 2 m (7 ft) (more commonly 1.5 m (5 ft)), and have ovate leaves up to 18 cm (7 in) long.
Bellergal is a combination of levorotatory alkaloids of belladonna, ergotamine tartrate, and phenobarbital, [1] [2] used for the treatment of functional menopause, such as hot flashes and night sweat. Belladonna, including atropine, hyoscyamine and scopolamine, are antimuscarinic agents. They block acetylcholine from binding to its receptors.
The name Belladonna, meaning beautiful ladies, was derived from women using berry juice from the plant cosmetically to dilate their pupils. [ 4 ] The mydriatic effect was studied by the German chemist Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge (1795-1867), in which the active ingredient, atropine , was first discovered by Vaquelin in 1809 and was first isolated ...
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Most women over 60 have entered a new phase in life and health: post-menopause. According to Dr. Tara Scott, MD, gynecologist and Medical Advisor at Versalie, by the age of 60, most women are ...
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The toxic berry of Atropa belladonna which contains the tropane deliriants scopolamine, atropine, and hyoscyamine.. Deliriants are a subclass of hallucinogen.The term was coined in the early 1980s to distinguish these drugs from psychedelics such as LSD and dissociatives such as ketamine, due to their primary effect of causing delirium, as opposed to the more lucid (i.e. rational thought is ...
The name "belladonna", Italian for "beautiful lady", is thought to derive from one of the antimuscarinic effects of these alkaloids: they were used by women for cosmetic purposes, to promote dilation of the pupils. [2] Muscarinic antagonist effects and muscarinic agonist effects counterbalance each other for homeostasis.