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Hyoscyamus — known as the henbanes — is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It comprises 31 species, [ 2 ] all of which are toxic. It, along with other genera in the same family, is a source of the drug hyoscyamine (daturine).
Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger, also black henbane and stinking nightshade) is a poisonous plant belonging to tribe Hyoscyameae of the nightshade family Solanaceae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Henbane is native to temperate Europe and Siberia , and naturalised in Great Britain and Ireland .
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).
Hyoscyamus aureus, the golden henbane or yellow henbane, [1] is a species of plant in the family Solanaceae native to the Eastern Mediterranean and Iraq. [2] Description
Hyoscyameae is an Old World tribe of the subfamily Solanoideae of the flowering plant family Solanaceae.It comprises seven genera: Anisodus, Atropa, Atropanthe, Hyoscyamus, Physochlaina, Przewalskia and Scopolia. [1]
Articles relating to Hyoscyamus (henbanes), a small genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It comprises 11 species, all of which are toxic. It, along with other genera in the same family, is a source of the drug hyoscyamine (daturine).
Hyoscyamus muticus, the Egyptian henbane, is a shrub in the family of Solanaceae that is native to desert areas of North Africa. It contains alkaloids that are useful in pharmaceuticals. It contains alkaloids that are useful in pharmaceuticals.
Hyoscyamus albus, the white henbane [1] or yellow henbane, is a plant in the family of Solanaceae. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is native to Southern Europe , North Africa , West Asia and Macaronesia . [ 5 ]