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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
NIACIN 39 Leaf 3.7 33.0 -0.78 *
NORLELOBANIDINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NORLOBELANIDINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NORLOBELANINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHENYLALANINE-2-OXO-GLUTARATE-AMINO-TRANSFERASE 0 Shoot *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 174.0 1540.0 -0.63 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 1424.0 12600.0 -0.78 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 10283.0 91000.0 -1.21 *
PYRIDINE-ALKALOIDS 0 Plant 4000.0 5000.0 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
RESIN 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf *
SELENIUM 60 Leaf 0.1 0.5 -0.34 *
SILICON 4 Leaf 0.1 0.8 -0.41 *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 17.0 150.0 -0.62 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Plant Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 3.2 -1.06 *
THIAMINE 0 Leaf 0.4 3.2 -0.49 *
TIN 4 Leaf 0.8 7.0 -1.03 *
WATER 0 Leaf 887000.0 0.40 *
ZINC 77 Leaf 0.1 0.4 -0.52 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Immunostimulant 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
Insectifuge 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insulinogenic 3 *
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant 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.
Laxative 3 *
Leptingenic 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
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Memorigenic 1 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Myorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Nematicide 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neuroprotective 1 *
Neurotransmitter 1 *