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Plant Lobelia inflata (Campanulaceae)

Common Names
Indian Tobacco; Lobelia
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
LOBELACRIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
LOBELANIDINE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LOBELANIDINE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LOBELANINE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LOBELANINE 1 Plant not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
LOBELIA-INFLATA-ALKALOID-B-1 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LOBELIDINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LOBELINE 15 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LOBELINE 15 Plant 3600.0 22500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LOBELINE 15 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LOBELINE 15 Tissue Culture not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LOBETYOL 0 Root not available 111.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LOBETYOLIN 0 Root not available 11111.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LOBETYOLININ 0 Root not available 489.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LOBINALIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LOBINALINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LOBINANIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
LOBININE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 183.0 1620.0 -0.97 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 0.9 8.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Allergenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Antiacne 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.