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Atropa belladonna

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Atropa belladonna
a plant in the Solanaceae family. Contains l-hyoscyamine and causes tremor, excitement, tachycardia, pupillary dilatation and recumbency. Poisoning is rare and most such diagnoses are based on incorrect identification of the plant; it is confused with Solanum nigrum among others. Called also deadly nightshade.


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Belladonna is an atropine powder derived from the leaves and roots of Atropa belladonna, a poisonous Eurasian plant popularly known as "deadly nightshade.
A plant known as deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna, belongs to a different genus altogether.
 
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