Antimicrobial And Phytochemical Activities Of Datura Stramonium (gegemu Leaves)

1.0 INTRODUCTION Daturastramoniumis an annual herb, with
stem erect and spreading branches above. It is common in the waste
land, fields and gardens in Baghdad district. Leaves, seeds and roots
contain the alkaloid daturine (a mixture of the two alkaloids
hyoscyamine and atropine) and also contain scopolamine alkaloid
(Hyosine) acids, tannin and fatty oil. Plants are rich source of
secondary metabolites with interesting biological activities (Palombo
and Semple, 2001; Koduruet al., 2006). Several plant products have been
shown to exert a protective role or after ingesting fresh…