Related to the European herb Belladonna (Datura), this plant is a natural source of atropine and scopolamine. Atropine was used by Italian beauties of past centuries to dilate their pupils ...

Atropine is a tropane alkaloid, a type of strong anticholinergic compound found in certain plants. Atropine is derived from plants in the Solanaceae family, such as Atropa belladonna (deadly ...