Scopolamine (d-hyoscine) and attopine (dl-hyosycamine) is a tropane alkaloid found in the leaves and seeds of several plant species of the family Solanaceae, including deadly nightshade (Atropa bella-donna) and henbane (Hyoscyamus niger). Atropine, a...

A belladonna alkaloid (also known as HYOSCINE) that has action at MUSCARINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS. It has actions similar to those of ATROPINE: it is a CNS depressant that can produce drowsiness, EUPHORIA and AMNESIA. Medically its principal uses...

The fictional truth drug Hyoscine-pentothal does not describe real hyoscine accurately. Scopolamine, also known as hyoscine, is a tropane alkaloid drug with muscarinic antagonist effects. It is obtained from plants of the family Solanaceae...

Between-study comparisons of benzodiazepine and anticholinergic drugs on working memory suggest that anticholinergics may produce greater impairment in maintenance processes, whereas benzodiazepines may produce greater impairment in manipulation processes. This study directly compared acute effects of the benzodiazepine lorazepam (1.0 and 2.0 mg/70 kg,...

SUMMARY Hairy roots of Brugmansia Candida were exposed to different elicitors, such as pectinase, B. candida root homogenate, Hormonema ssp. homogenate, and the acetate control buffer. Pectinase increased intracellular hyoscyamine (200-300%) and the release of both alkaloids up to 1500% (scopolamine) and 1100%...

Scientists are testing seasickness patches and other surprising options in a challenging search for new ways to treat the crushing depression and uncontrolled mania of bipolar disorder.Also called manic-depression, it's an illness that can rip careers and marriages apart and drive people to suicide. And...

Scientists are casting a wide net to find better treatments for the crushing depression and uncontrolled manias of bipolar disorder, and some approaches they're testing seem pretty surprising.Like skin patches that prevent seasickness. Or a drug that fights Lou Gehrig's disease. And then there's a...