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The duboisias of Australia

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These shrubs have prospects for replacing, or at least greatly supplementing, Atropa and Hyoscyamus as sources of hyoscine and hyoscyamine. The former drug has been much used in childbirth and psychiatry, the latter as the source of atropine for dilating pupils.

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Barnard, C. The duboisias of Australia. Econ Bot 6, 3–17 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859188

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