Listing of Useful Plants of the World
[formerly Listing of Potential New Crops for Australia]


NOTICE: Information on the background to this Listing is available. The analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time was completed in 1997, using the Agricola database (1970-1996). Hard copies of the Listing (553 pages; over 4200 new crops listed with the analyses of numbers of papers over time included) are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher; see Advice on Publications Available.

The references listed below are from the Biological Abstracts database (1988-2000) and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re Silverplatter, go to www.silverplatter.com.


Atropa acuminata

 

Analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time (Agricola database 1970-1996):

 

Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s): indian belladonna syn mait-brand
Crop Use(s): medicinal crop
Reference Source(s): Kochhar, Rehm
Number of Papers/Mentions: 7

References (Biological Abstracts 1988-2000):

[These references are from the Biological Abstracts database and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re SilverPlatter, go to www.silverplatter.com. References are listed alphabetically by author within years, with most recent references first; addresses of author(s) have been included when available. To search within this page, we suggest using Find in Page, within the Edit menu of the Web Browser.]

Singh, H. B. (1999). Alternate source for some conventional drug plants of India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany. Sept. 23(1): 109-114. {a} Raw Materials Herbarium and Museum, National Institute of Science Communications, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi, 110 012, India

Farooq, S. and M. H. Khan (1996). Morphological account of some seeds of solanaceae family. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture 12(2): 231-235. {a} PCSIR Lab., Peshawar, Pakistan

Harborne, J. B. and M. B. Khan (1993). Variations in the alkaloidal and phenolic profiles in the genus Atropa (Solanaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 111(1): 47-53. {a} Dep. Botany, School Plant Sciences, University Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 2AS

Zaidi, S. H., A. A. Khan, et al. (1992). Regeneration of Atropa acuminata Royle at Kuza-Gali Forest Enclosure of Galis Forest division. Pakistan Journal of Forestry 42(3): 138-143. {a} Biol. Sci. Res. Div., Pakistan For. Inst., Peshawar, Pakistan

Khan, M. B. (1991). Effect of source of nitrogen of growth, alkaloidal content and enzymes activities in Atropa acuminata. Pakistan Journal of Forestry 41(3): 147-156. Pakistan Forest Inst., Peshawar, India

Khan, M. B. and J. B. Harborne (1991). A comparison of the effect of mechanical and insect damage on alkaloid levels in Atropa acuminata. Biochemical Systematics And Ecology 19(7): 529-534.

Khan, M. B. and J. B. Harborne (1991). Potassium deficiency increases tropane alkaloid synthesis in Atropa acuminata via arginine and ornithine decarboxylase levels. Phytochemistry 30(11): 3559-3564.

Srivastava, G. N. and G. D. Bagchi (1986). SEM studies on the spermoderm structure of some medicinally important species of Solanaceae. Geophytology 16(2): 193-197.


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Latest update 30 January 2001 by: RF