To Study of Extraction and Characterization of Plant Poison Alkaloid  Atropine

Mr. Dinesh Baban Kamble; Mr. Raj Bhardwaj; Dr. Kavita Sharma

Volume : VII, Issue : III, March - 2017

To Study of Extraction and Characterization of Plant Poison Alkaloid Atropine

Mr. Dinesh Baban Kamble, Mr. Raj Bhardwaj, Dr. Kavita Sharma

Abstract :

Atropine is a tropane alkaloid extracted from jimsonweed (Datura stramonium) and other plants of the family solanaceae. Datura has been a popular poison for suicide and murder. From 1950 to 1965, the State Chemical Laboratories in Agra, India, investigated 2,778 deaths that were caused by ingesting Datura (Preissel and Hans–George, 2002). In forensic and medicinal research there is need of research towards this poisonous alkaloid, last few years number of reports are available for extraction, purification and characterization of Atropine from various ways. We reported here effective and convenient method of extraction of atropine from (Datura stramonium) and characterization done through Thin Layer Chromatography and IR Spectroscopy. And also develop the solvent system for atropine and discussed its application in forensic science domain.