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Alkaloids  in  Belladonna  Plant. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
March.  1914. 
Table  I. — Continued. 
Analyses  of  Four  Typical  Third-year  Belladonna  Plants. 
Weight  (grams) 
Alkaloids 
Plant  and  part 
Green 
Dry 
Moist- 
ure 
per 
cent. 
Per 
cent,  of 
entire 
plant 
Grams 
Per 
cent. 
Percentage 
of  quantity 
of  alka- 
loids in  the 
plant 
Plant  No.  4 
Flowers  
41  .60 
91  .OO 
8  .00 
80.60 
2.83 
5-79 
•0361 
.  1607 
•452 
.982 
3-oo 
I3-36 
Flowering  tops  
I6.37 
82  .OO 
Leaves : 
Small  
28.60 
5  00 
8l  .40 
83.60 
91.30 
1  77 
10.79 
•57 
•0378 
.  1026 
.OO81 
•757 
•337 
.502 
3-14 
8-53 
.68 
Large : 
Without  petioles . 
Petioles  
I85.50 
18  .60 
30.48 
1 .62 
Entire  large 
leaves  
204. 10 
32.10 
84.24 
1136 
.1107 
■345 
9.21 
Total  
23O.9O 
37.10 
83-75 
13-13 
•1485 
.400 
12-35 
Stems: 
195.60 
140.20 
118 .00 
22.50 
10.37 
12  .31 
88.50 
92  .60 
89.58 
73-30 
7.96 
3-67 
4  63 
13-55 
•1597 
•0431 
.OI36 
.0486 
.710 
.416 
.111 
13.28 
3-59 
1  13 
4  03 
Large : 
Pith  
Bark  
Wood  
138.30 
38.29 
.  127 
Entire  large 
stems 
396.50 
60.97 
84.  6s 
21  s8 
•1053 
•173 
8-75 
Total  
592.10 
83-47 
85-95 
29-54 
.2650 
.318 
22  .03 
Roots: 
Small  
196.20 
41530 
229.30 
35  65 
63.62 
38.34 
81 .80 
12  .62 
•I750 
•3047 
.1127 
.491 
•479 
.294 
14-55 
25-33 
9-38 
Large : 
Wood  
84-75 
83" -30 
22.52 
13-57 
Bark  
Entire  large 
roots  
644 . 60 
101 .96 
84.20 
36.08 
.4174 
•409 
34-71 
Total  
840.80 
137.61 
83.61 
48.70 
•5924 
•430 
49.26 
Entire  plant  
1,796 .40 
282.55 
84.27 
I .2027 
•425 
