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Atropa bella-donna, commonly known as deadly nightshade or belladonna, is a toxic perennial herbaceous plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae, [1] [2] which also includes tomatoes, potatoes and eggplant.
Hyoscyamine (also known as daturine or duboisine) is a naturally occurring tropane alkaloid and plant toxin. It is a secondary metabolite found in certain plants of the family Solanaceae, including henbane, mandrake, angel's trumpets, jimsonweed, the sorcerers' tree, and Atropa belladonna (deadly nightshade).
During the height of their success in the mid-seventies, The Deadly Nightshade appeared on Sesame Street, singing its version of the Carter Family hit "Keep on the Sunny Side", "Old MacDonald Had a Farm," as well as several of the band's own songs. The band broke up in 1977, when Bowen decided to leave the band to pursue other interests.
Deadly Nightshade may refer to: Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna), a poisonous perennial herbaceous plant in the nightshade family; Deadly Nightshade (comics), a Marvel Comics character; Deadly Nightshade, a 1953 British crime drama film; The Deadly Nightshade, an American rock and country band "Deadly Nightshade", a song by the Sword from ...
Belladonna is the fourth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter and producer Daniel Lanois.It was released on July 12, 2005, through Anti-.. One track on the album, "The Deadly Nightshade", had earlier been released on a 1996 album by Geoffrey Oryema as "LPJ Christine", although the version on Belladonna is without Oryema's vocals.
Nightshade (Dungeons & Dragons), a type of monster in Dungeons & Dragons; Nightshade (Marvel Comics), also known as Dr. Nightshade and Deadly Nightshade, a comic book super-villain in the Marvel Universe; James "Jim" Nightshade, a character from the novel Something Wicked This Way Comes; A character in the Magic Kingdom of Landover stories by ...
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The best-known member of the genus Atropa is deadly nightshade (A. belladonna) – the poisonous plant par excellence in the minds of many. [8] The pharmacologically active ingredients of Atropa species include atropine, scopolamine, and hyoscyamine, all tropane alkaloids having anticholinergic, deliriant, antispasmodic and mydriatic properties.