PHYTOCONSTITUENTS AND THERAPEUTIC POTENTIALS OF DATURA STRAMONIUM LINN

Poisoning by Datura (Stramonium)— Recovery

partaken of a quantity of datura leaves, prepared in the form of curry, with rice, which he afterwards acknowledged to have voluntarily taken. On admission, he lay perfectly unconscious, with severe spasmodic muscular twitchings and stertorous breathing. Skin cool; pulse about 108?, feeble. Pupils dilated and insensible to the effects of light. The stomach pump was immediately introduced, but d...

Datura stramonium poisoning in children.

Although substance abuse is fairly common among adolescents, poisoning from Datura stramonium (a broadleaf annual erect herb with spine-covered seed capsule) is uncommon in children and has not been reported in our locality. We present the case of two children admitted at the Children Emergency Room of a teaching hospital following ingestion of extract of Datura stramonium. They developed neuro...

Antiovulatory and Estrogenic Activity of Leaves of Datura Stramonium Linn. in Female Albino Rats

The effect of petroleum ether (60-80 C), ethanol and aqueous extracts of Datura stramonium Linn. leaves on the estrous cycle were studied and identify the estrogenic activity of active ethanol extract in female albino rats. After the oral acute toxicity study, plant extracts were administered at two dose levels: 200 and 400 mg/kg, respectively. Ethanol extract at a dose of 200 mg/kg has increas...

An Account of the Poisonous Effects of the Seeds of the Datura Stramonium Linn

Purification of the lectin from Datura stramonium.

The lectin from Datura stramonium can be inhibited by oligomers of N-acetylglucosamine. This property was exploited to purify the lectin by affinity chromatography on Sepharosefetuin. The purified lectin is a glycoprotein in having subunits of 40 000 and 45 000 mol.wt.