belladonna

Drug slang
A regional term for phencyclidine (PCP).

Herbal medicine
A perennial herb which is highly toxic if taken internally at full concentration; belladonna contains scopolamine and hyoscyamine, which are used as antispasmodics in mainstream medicine and for gout and rheumatism in herbal medicine.

Toxicity
Belladonna causes diarrhoea, dilated pupils, dry mouth, flushing, hallucinations, hypertension, incoordination, nausea, speech impairment, tachycardia, vision impairment, vomiting, coma, possibly death.

Homeopathy B
elladonna is used for conditions of abrupt onset, acute infections, cough, earache, fever, headaches, seizures, sore throat, teething in children, urinary tract infections.

Ophthalmology
Belladonna derivatives—e.g., homatropine eye drops—are instilled into the eye to dilate the pupil

A·tro·pa bel·la·don·na

(ā-trō'pă bel'ă-don'ă)

A perennial herb with dark purple flowers and berries. Originally used as source of atropine.

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(B.) microplus adults exposed to different concentrations of methanolic extract of Atropa belladonna and its constituents, scopolamine and atropine.

In vitro acaricidal activity of atropa belladonna and its components, scopolamine and atropine, against rhipicephalus (boophilus) microplus

Codwarth (Atropa belladonna; Deadly nightshade) Llun: Bethan Wyn Jones

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Toxic encephalopathy after Atropa belladonna poisoning.

Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) is one of the plant of this group.

Atropa belladonna intoxication has been infrequently reported in both children and adults in the literature.

This article demonstrates a case of toxic encephalopathy developed after taking Atropa belladonna to treat peptic ulcer disease.

Atropa belladonna is one of the species of nightshade that contains tropane alkaloids.

Toxic encephalopathy after Atropa belladonna poisoning

A plant known as deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna, belongs to a different genus altogether.

Food, drug, or poison?

The production of tropane alkaloids and growth of belladonna (Atropa belladonna) HR are influenced by the composition of the culture medium [4].

Variation of alkaloid productivity among several clones of hairy roots and regenerated plants of Atropa belladonna transformed with Agrobacterium rhizogenes 15834.

Effect of culture medium on hyoscyamine production from four Datura sp hairy roots

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