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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Lobelia inflata (Campanulaceae)

Common Names
Indian Tobacco; Lobelia
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-LOBELINE 0 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
8,10-DIETHYL-LOBELIDIOL 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
8-10-DIETHYL-LOBELIDIONE 0 Plant *
8-ETHYL-10-PHENYL-NORLOBELIDIONE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
8-ETHYL-NORLOBELOL-I 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
8-METHYL-10-ETHYL-LOBELIDIOL 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
8-METHYL-10-PHENYL-LOBELIDIOL 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ALKALOIDS 0 Plant 4800.0 -0.31 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-LOBELINE 0 Leaf *
ALUMINUM 5 Leaf 28.0 251.0 -0.51 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 255.0 2252.0 -0.23 *
ASH 0 Leaf 5537.0 49000.0 -1.23 *
BETA,BETA-PHENYLOXYPROPIONIC-ACID 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-AMYRIN-PALMITATE 3 Leaf 2778.0 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 6.0 54.0 -0.90 *
BETA-LOBELINE 0 Leaf *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 793.0 7020.0 -0.78 *
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Latex Exudate CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 94016.0 832000.0 1.75 *
CHELIDONIC-ACID 2 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antivertigo 1 *
Antiviral 1 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiwart 1 Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 5 *
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Apoptotic 2 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Bronchoconstrictor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Bronchodilator 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Calcium-Antagonist 2 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Cancer-Preventive 7 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 1 Martindale's 28th
Carcinogenic 1 Science News, 146: 421.