title: Pharmacological properties of Datura stramonium L. as a potential medicinal tree: an overview.
abstract: India has a great wealth of various naturally occurring plant drugs which have great potential pharmacological activities. Datura stramonium (D. stramonium) is one of the widely well known folklore medicinal herbs. The troublesome weed, D. stramonium is a plant with both poisonous and medicinal properties and has been proven to have great pharmacological potential with a great utility and usage in folklore medicine. D. stromonium has been scientifically proven to contain alkaloids, tannins, carbohydrates and proteins. This plant has contributed various pharmacological actions in the scientific field of Indian systems of medicines like analgesic and antiasthmatic activities. The present paper presents an exclusive review work on the ethnomedical, phytochemical, pharmacological activities of this plant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Herbal Drug Research, B.R. Nahata College of Pharmacy, Research Centre, Mhow Neemuch Road, Mandsaur 458001, India.
authors.forename: Priyanka
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Soni
authors.forename: Anees Ahmad
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Siddiqui
authors.forename: Jaya
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dwivedi
authors.forename: Vishal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Soni
mesh_terms: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D013286:Datura stramonium / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000633:toxicity; D020834:Ethnopharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000633:toxicity; D014197:Trees / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts
keywords: Datura stramonium; Ethnopharmacology; Jimsonweed; Pharmacology; Phytochemistry; Traditional uses