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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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Perfumery 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 6 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Purgative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Respirastimulant 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Ruminatoric 1 Merck 11th Edition
Sedative 2 Duke, 1992 *
Serotoninergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Taenicide 1 Martindale's 28th
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.