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 freshly harvested ma…