It is the name of a powerful substance of the group of alkaloids. It is also known as burundanga or hyoscine. It can be obtained from several plants of the Solanaceae family, including belladonna, beleño, mandrágora or sabanero cocoa. In Colombia it is extracted mainly from sabanero cocoa, angel trumpet or burundanga. It has medical uses in very low doses, but its excess bends the mind and can cause death.
scopolamine-alkaloid extracted from the root of belladonna, henbath or mandragora, solanaceous plants; is a depressant of the nerve endings and brain, produces drowsiness and temporary loss of memory; medicinally it is used for dizziness and nausea of travel, as an anti-parkinsonian and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmology-
