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Qjure
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Qjurious
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3-665.71.13
Hyoscyamus niger
English: Henbane.
Dutch: bilzenkruid.
Content: hyoscyamin, lithium; flavonoids, spiroside, quercitrin, hyperoside, rutin; fatty acids, linoleic, palmitic, stearic, myristic, oleic, phospholipids; alkaloids, rioscyamine, rioscine, apogiascine, riospine, skimianine, scopolamine, apoatropine, alpha-belladononoine, tropine; cyclitols, ficin; steroids.
Use: decoction or powde as insecticide against aphids, moths, spider mites; ceremonial, hallucinogenic.
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