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Nightshade plants containing hyoscyamine, atropine, and scopolamine: Datura; Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) Mandrake (Mandragora officinarum) Other Solanaceae; Peyote. Psychoactive cacti, which contain mainly mescaline: Peyote; Other Lophophora; Peruvian Torch cactus; San Pedro cactus
Atropa bella-donna is also toxic to many domestic animals, causing narcosis and paralysis. [50] However, cattle and rabbits eat the plant seemingly without suffering harmful effects. [47] In humans, its anticholinergic properties will cause the disruption of cognitive capacities, such as memory and learning. [45]
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 .
Nightshade vegetables come from the Solanaceae family of flowering plants, which are nutritional powerhouses, packed with vitamins (such as C and K), minerals (like potassium and magnesium), and ...
While a few members of this plant family are famously toxic, like belladonna or “toxic nightshade,” it also encompasses many beloved edible fruits and vegetables, including tomatoes, eggplants ...
The plant is toxic enough to cause human and animal fatalities if ingested. Every part of the plant is poisonous, especially the tuberous rhizomes. As with other members of the Colchicaceae, this plant contains high levels of colchicine, a toxic alkaloid. It also contains the alkaloid gloriocine.
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.
Sometimes S. nigrum is confused for the more toxic deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna), which is in a different genus within Solanaceae. A comparison of the fruit shows that the black nightshade berries grow in bunches, whereas the deadly nightshade berries grow individually. Another distinction is black nightshade flowers have white petals.