The (-)-hyoscyamine, atropine and scopolamine (hyoscine) are three valuable tropane alkaloids while scopolamine is the most important member of this group for the pharmaceutical industry due to its higher demand compared to hyoscyamine and atropine. Scopolamine is an anticholinergic reagent with several therapeutic applications. In the current study, the hairy roots culture of Daturametel was u...

Biological effects of ionizing radiations produced by an explosion of a nuclear device may be complicated by the heterogeneity and extreme intensity of the emissions. Changes in biological systems may be induced that are not attributable to blast, heat, or single-type radiation effects. Many data and discussions have resulted from laboratory studies of radiations, but until recently scant infor...

Mosquitoes are insects that vector many of the life threatening diseases. Control these is one major problems world today. Leaves and seed kernel extracts Tobacco; Nicotiana tabacum (L.) Thorn-Apple; Datura metel were assayed for larvicidal activity against three mosquito species Aedes, Anopheles Culex respectively. Samples collected from breeding sites reared in laboratory continued source lar...

Datura is known as a medicinal plant and plant hallucinogen all over the world. Datura has a very special place in Ayurveda since all parts of the plant namely leaves, flowers, seeds, roots, have been used for a wide range of medication such as treatment of leprosy, rabies, insanity, etc. The extract of Datura, however, is a potent poison and its indiscriminate use may lead to delirium and acut...

Abstract. Rumape O, Kilo A, Ischak NI. 2022. Amethyst leaf extract as pest control and fertilizer for soybean plants. Biodiversitas 23: 3355-3363. (Datura metel L.) is a plant that grows develops in the Gorontalo area, people use it traditional medicine. This has natural insecticidal activity not yet known by general public. So far, results of research on insecticides from amethyst have only be...