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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 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.
Queen of the Werewolves, [1] Deadly Nightshade, [1] Doctor Nightshade, [2] Nighthawk [3] Abilities: Extraordinary genius; Wears protective battle armor, including silver spikes; Array of advanced weaponry and humanoid robots; Use of concentrated pheromones to control men through her allure and a chemical serum that turns humans into werewolves
Solanine is also found in other members of the Solanaceae plant family, which includes Solanum lycopersicum (tomato), Atropa belladonna (deadly nightshade), and Hyoscyamus niger (henbane) (see entries below). The concentration of glycoalkaloids in wild potatoes is sufficient to produce toxic effects in humans.
Black nightshade is a common herb or short-lived perennial shrub, found in many wooded areas, as well as disturbed habitats. It reaches a height of 30 to 120 cm (12 to 47 in), leaves 4.0 to 7.5 cm (1.6 to 3.0 in) long and 2 to 5 cm (1 to 2 in) wide; ovate to heart-shaped, with wavy or large-toothed edges; both surfaces hairy or hairless ...
Solanum elaeagnifolium, the silverleaf nightshade [1] or silver-leaved nightshade, is a species of plant in the nightshade family native to North and South America. It is common in parts of southwestern USA, and sometimes weed of western North America. Other common names include prairie berry, silverleaf nettle, white horsenettle or silver ...
The brown-ringed sea cucumber was found on a sea slope at a depth of about 4,400 feet, the study said. So far, the brown-ringed sea cucumber is known from one specimen found in the South China Sea ...
2-Baby's fat, juice of cowbane, aconite, cinquefoil, deadly nightshade and soot. In the movie serial Warlock , the villain kills an unbaptised boy to get this "Flying Ointment". In Jodi Picoult 's Salem Falls , a group of four girls practicing witchcraft ingest a flying ointment made of belladonna.