- Scopolia
Taxobox | name = "Scopolia"
image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Scopolia carniolica"
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Solanales
familia =Solanaceae
genus = "Scopolia"
genus_authority = Lam.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Scopolia carniolica "
"Scopolia japonica "
"Scopolia lutescens "
"Scopolia parviflora "
"Scopolia tangutica ""Scopolia" is a genus of five species of
flowering plant s in the familySolanaceae , native toEurope andAsia . The genus is named after Giovanni Scopoli (1723-88), aTyrol ian naturalist."Scopolia carniolica" is a creeping
perennial plant , with light green leaves and pale yellow to dull red flowers. It is sometimes cultivated as a decorative plant. Scopolia's extract (which contains a form of the alkaloidscopolamine ) is used in at least one commercial stomach remedy (Inosea , produced bySato Pharmaceutical ). The extract is an anti-spasmodic in low doses and may be used to relax smooth muscle tissue or prevent motion-sickness induced nausea; in higher doses it is a poisonous narcotic having hallucinogenic and memory-inhibiting effects.Other alkaloids found in "Scopolia carniolica" include cuscohygrine and hysocyamine.
Alkaloids found in "Scopolia tangutica" include hysocyamine, scopolamine, anisodamine, and anisodine.
Alkaloids found in "Scopolia atropoides" (possibly just a synonym for "Scopolia carniolica") include atroscine.
The coumarin
phenylpropanoid sumbelliferone andscopoletin have been isolated from the roots of "Scopolia japonica".The related species "
Atropanthe sinensis " is sometimes included in "Scopolia" as "Scopolia sinensis". [Germplasm Resources Information Network [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?10988 "Scopolia"] ]References
*cite book | author=Ben-Wyk, Erik; & Wink, Michael | title= Medicinal Plants of the World | year=2004 | publisher=Timber Press | id=ISBN 0-88192-602-7
*cite book | author=Huang, Kee Chang; & Williams, Walter | title=The pharmacology of Chinese herbs | year=1999 | publisher=CRC Press | id= ISBN 0-8493-1665-0
*cite book | author=D'Arcy, William G. | title=Solanaceae | year=1986 | publisher=Columbia University Press | id=ISBN 0-231-05780-6
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