BELLADONNA

bĕlədŏnˈə or deadly nightshade, poisonous perennial plant, Atropa belladona, of the nightshade family. Native to Europe and now grown in the United States, the plant has reddish, bell-shaped flowers and shiny black berries. Extracts of its leaves and fleshy roots act to dilate the pupils of the eye and were once used cosmetically by women to achieve this effect. (The name belladonna is from the Italian meaning "beautiful lady.") The plant extract contains the alkaloids atropine, scopolamine, and hyoscyamine. Belladonna has also been used since ancient times as a poison and as a sedative; in medieval Europe large doses were used by witchcraft and devil-worship cults to produce hallucinogenic effects. Other species of the potato family such as henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), mandrake (Mandragora officinarum), and Jimson weed (Datura stramonium) also contain one or more of the alkaloids present in belladona. The active substances act physiologically to depress the parasympathetic nervous system. Belladonna is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Solanales, family Solanaceae.

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How Plants Get Their Names
Book by L. H. Bailey; The Macmillan Company, 1933
Subjects: Botany--Nomenclature
...There is no specimen of Amaryllis Belladonna in the Linnean herbarium to identify...interpretation of Linnaeus Amaryllis Belladonna, but only to acquaint the reader with...fancifully applied to these plants. Belladonna, "beautiful lady," is an herbalist...
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How Plants Get Their Names
Book by L. H. Bailey; Dover Publications, 1963
Subjects: Botany--Nomenclature
...There is no specimen of Amaryllis Belladonna in the Linnean herbarium to identify...interpretation of Linnaeus Amaryllis Belladonna , but only to acquaint the reader with...fancifully applied to these plants. Belladonna, "beautiful lady," is an herbalist...
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Cultural History of Plants
Book by Sir Ghillean Prance, Mark Nesbitt; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Crops--History
Deadly nightshade ( Atropa belladonna ). Otto Wilhelm Thome, Flora von Deutschland, Osterreich...which are found in Anadenanthera . Deadly nightshade, Belladonna Atropa belladonna Solanaceae The perennial plant belladonna grows to a height...
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Purkinje's Vision: The Dawning of Neuroscience
Book by Nicholas J. Wade, Josef Brožek, Jiří Hoskovec; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001
Subjects: Neuroscientists--Biography, Purkynee, Jan Evangelista--1787-1869, Vision--Research--History
...Purkinje 1825a examined the effects of belladonna on vision, and in this case a translation...experiments, which I wished to make with Belladonna, I instructed an ingenious young physician...membrane. He now applied the juice of Belladonna to his left eye. Half an hour later...
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Drugs and Society - Vol. 1
Book by Marshall Cavendish; Marshall Cavendish Reference, 2006
Subjects: Drug Abuse, Drugs Of Abuse, Pharmacology
Belladonna Alkaloids Many plants naturally produce belladonna alkaloids. In small doses, these highly poisonous...are used in medicines. In larger dosages, however, belladonna alkaloids induce hallucinations and can cause death...
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Disidentification in the Center of Power: the Porn Performer and Director Belladonna as a Contrasexual Culture Producer (A Letter to Beatriz Preciado)
Journal article by Tim Stuettgen; Women's Studies Quarterly, Vol. 35, 2007
Subjects: Gender, Politics
...Power: the Porn Performer and Director Belladonna as a Contrasexual Culture Producer...some porn of the performer and director Belladonna. Even if she is a mainstream star and...Bellas Auditions for Dirty Talking (Belladonna 2005), which might seem banal at a...
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"Divine Stramonium": the Rise and Fall of Smoking for Asthma
Journal article by Mark Jackson; Medical History, Vol. 54, 2010
Subjects: Plant Preparations
...anti-spasmodics, including opium, belladonna, stramonium, tobacco, hyoscyamus...tobacco, chloroform, stramonium and belladonna, to allay irritability.38 Many of...The sedative antispasmodics, such as belladonna, henbane, stramonium, and lobelia...
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Buried in Fine White Ash: Violence and the Reimagination of Ceremonial Bodies in Winter in the Blood and Bearheart
Journal article by Meg Armstrong; American Indian Quarterly, Vol. 21, 1998
Subjects: Indians Of Central America--Periodicals
...to penetrate the associational matrix Belladonna has built around the word "Indian...Indians; "as I was explaining," says Belladonna, "tribal people are closer to the...Bearheart , 195). A woman hunter asks Belladonna about her use of the collective pronoun...
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Summer of 1900: a la Récherche of the Go-between
Journal article by Edward T. Jones; Literature/Film Quarterly, Vol. 1, 1973
Subjects: Adults, Motion pictures, Novels, Proust, Marcel (1871-1922)
...Deadly Nightshade. The symbolic atropa belladonna tends to be oppressive both in the novel...in Leos mind, between Marion and the belladonna plant. It is, as the name suggests...the ground, and incants "Delenda est belladonna" (p. 267). As a necromancer, he...
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Invoking Practical Magic: New Social Movements, Hidden Populations, and the Public Screen
Journal article by Julie Kalil Schutten; Western Journal of Communication, Vol. 70, 2006
Subjects: Social movements--Forecasts and trends
...up spiking his bottle of tequila with belladonna and accidentally killing him with an...have accidentally given Jimmy too much belladonna. Gillian says, "Please, God, if...she drugs Jimmy with an herb called belladonna to make him pass out so she can at least...
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magazine articles on: Belladonna  - 45 results

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Contaminated Tea Destroyed
Magazine article by Dixie Farley; FDA Consumer, Vol. 29, October 1995
Subjects: Accidental poisoning--Case studies, Belladonna (Plant)--Health aspects, Poisoning, Accidental--Case studies, Tea (Beverage)--Contamination, Tea--Contamination
...the New York City Health Department of belladonna poisoning from drinking contaminated...symptoms recovered without treatment. Belladonna poisoning typically causes fever, dilated...patients. The NYC Health Department found belladonna in the tea, and speculated it may have...
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The Tenacity of Error in the Treatment of Addiction
Magazine article by Michael J. Lemanski; The Humanist, Vol. 57, May-June 1997
Subjects: Alcoholics Anonymous--Evaluation, Compulsive behavior--Care and treatment, Substance abuse treatment, Substance abuse--Care and treatment, Twelve step programs--Evaluation, Twelve-step programs--Evaluation, Wilson, Bill--Influence
...began administering treatment with belladonna. What happened next can best be...precipitated by his medication. Belladonna is an atropine powder derived from the leaves and roots of Atropa belladonna, a poisonous Eurasian plant popularly...
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Approaches to Estrogen Replacement Therapy
Magazine article by Tina W. Dancer, Dosha Cummins; Drug Topics, Vol. 142, April 20, 1998
Subjects: Continuing education, Drug therapy, Estrogen, Menopause, Pharmacists, United States
...product containing ergotamine tartrate, belladonna alkaloids, and phenobarbital administered...function, and severe hypertension. Belladonna alkaloids have antimuscarinic properties...and the combination of ergotamine, belladonna, and phenobarbital are also alternatives...
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United States: Aspen
Magazine article by Richard Covello; Opera Canada, Vol. 40, Winter 1999
...OBSERVING its 50th season, presented the world premiere of Belladonna, a first-time effort by English composer Bernard Rands...of theatrical effectiveness. However, this is a quality Belladonna entirely lacks, as might bc expected from a composer long...
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The Future That Had Arrived
Magazine article by J.G. Ballard; Artforum International, Vol. 48, October 2009
Subjects: Ballard, J.G.--Appreciation, Ballard, J.G.--Works, Philosophers--Appreciation, Philosophers--Works, Science fiction--Appreciation, Science fiction--Authorship, Science fiction--Social aspects
...than Ballard, whose first published short story, "Prima Belladonna," appeared in the British science-fiction magazine Science...its publication in England. ILLUSTRATION OMITTED "Prima Belladonna," a bizarre yet strikingly tender love story about a doomed...
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West Dealer
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 1, 2002
...by the great Italian star, Giorgio Belladonna. The bidding went as shown, and West...different lines of play available to Belladonna, including the one that had been chosen...and eventually went down one. But Belladonna, after ruffing Easts club ace at trick...
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LIGHT UP WITH AUTUMN BULBS; You Don't Have to Wait until Spring to Enjoy the Beauty of Bulbs. the Autumn Has Plenty to Offer Too
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), September 13, 2009
...gardencentre.co.uk, 0845 403 1020). BELLADONNA LILY THE glorious Belladonna Lily, or Jersey Lily, has scented, pink funnel...a heavy frost is predicted. pounds How much Belladonna Lily pounds 6.75 (www.burncoose.co...
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Police Crackdown on Youngsters' Fake IDs
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), July 22, 2011
...South Wales Police following Operation Belladonna and Operation StaySafe - which sees...centre over the coming weeks. Operation Belladonna has been running in the parks since...were just four alcohol seizures during Belladonna on Saturday as the message continues...
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Danger Is Lurking in Your Garden
Newspaper article; Coffs Coast Advocate (Coffs Harbour, Australia), July 18, 2009
...Agapanthus leaves Medium Alocasia Taro, Elephant ears, All parts High Amaryllis belladonna Belladonna Lily All parts High Arum Arum Lily All Parts High Atropa Belladonna All parts High Brugmansia Angels Trumpet All parts High Brunfelsia Yesterday...
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Go Exotic in Autumn; DOUBLE ACT: The Lilac and Crocus-Like Colchicum 'Waterlily' Flowers in Autumn with Wide Architectural Foliage Following in Spring
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), July 22, 2007
Subjects: Colchicine, Flowers
...nerines and the belladonnalily ( Amaryllis belladonna), are stunning for a hot, dry, sunny...have rather spidery pink ones and the belladonna lilies are massive,trumpet-shaped...summer but most outdoor nerines and belladonna lilies aresold as growing plants in...
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Belladonna
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BELLADONNA bel don or deadly nightshade, poisonous...to achieve this effect. (The name belladonna is from the Italian meaning "beautiful...atropine , scopolamine , and hyoscyamine. Belladonna has also been used since ancient times...
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Belladonna Lily
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BELLADONNA LILY see amaryllis . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Nightshade
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...The chief drug plants of the family are belladonna , or deadly nightshade ( Atropa belladonna ), henbane ( Hyoscyamus niger ), mandrake...deadly nightshade, properly the name for the belladonna, which is not found wild in America. Nightshades...
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Atropine
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ATROPINE at r pen, pin, alkaloid drug derived from belladonna and other plants of the family Solanaceae (nightshade family). Available either as the tincture or extract of belladonna, or as the pure substance atropine sulfate, it is a depressant...
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Amaryllis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Several fragrant, showy-blossomed species are commonly called amaryllis: the true amaryllis ( Amaryllis belladonna ), or belladonna lily, of S Africa, and the more frequently cultivated tropical American species of Sprekelia, Lycoris...
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