Datura stramonium L. (DS) is a wild-growing plant widely distributed and easily accessible. It contains a variety of toxic anticholinergic alkaloids such as atropine, hyoscamine, and scopolamine. Voluntary or accidental ingestion can produce severe anticholinergic poisoning. We report an unusual case of DS intoxication occurring in a geophagous young child after accidental ingestion of the plan...

to study the effect of some varying treatments including such environmental factors as temperature, moisture, and light as well as plant growth regulators on breaking dormancy of datura stramonium l. seeds, several experiments were conducted. seeds of datura stramonium l. possess full dormancy immediately following harvest. storing the seeds for 3 months (15 dec. 2005 to 15 march 2006) at room ...

similar fashion with tertiaries to give the effect of pure-breeding types if crossing over did not take place. 4 Buchholz, J. T., and Blakeslee, A. F., these PROCEEDINGS, 16, 190-195 (1930). Blakeslee, Albert F. In press, Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress of Genetics. 6 Datura tatula differs from D. stramonium only by the dominant gene for 'purple in contrast to white flowers and ...

Purpose: The study aimed to overcome the seed dormancy of Datura stramonium L. by chemical scarification, pre-chilling, and different gibberellic acid (GA3) levels.
 Materials Methods: seeds were prechilled at 4°C 10°C for 7 days treated with sulfuric (97-98% H2SO4) 15 minutes, increasing doses GA3 (250, 500, 1000 ppm). Distilled water hydration untreated served as a control.
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Datura stramonium L., a wild-growing plant of the Solanaceae family, is widely distributed and easily accessible. It contains a variety of toxic tropane alkaloids such as atropine, hyoscamine, and scopolamine. In Eastern medicine, especially in Ayurvedic medicine, D. stramonium has been used for curing various human ailments, including ulcers, wounds, inflammation, rheumatism and gout, sciatica...