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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
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf 0.1 0.5 -0.60 *
COBALT 2 Leaf 0.3 2.2 -0.29 *
D-8-PHENYL-LOBELOL-I 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DL-LOBELINE 0 Plant *
DL-LOBELINE 0 Tissue Culture *
FAT 0 Leaf 3164.0 28000.0 -0.57 *
FAT 0 Seed 30000.0 -1.24 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FIBER 15 Leaf 88000.0 -0.91 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Leaf 88000.0 -1.03 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Leaf 313000.0 -0.74 *
IRON 6 Leaf 4.0 31.0 -0.84 *
ISOLOBELANINE 0 Leaf *
ISOLOBIANANIDINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ISOLOBININE 0 Plant *
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 3000.0 -0.03 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
L-8-PHENYL-LOBELOL-I 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
L-PHENYLALANINE-2-OXO-GLUTARATE-AMINOTRANSFERASE 0 Shoot *
LELOBANIDINE-I 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LELOBANIDINE-II 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Plant Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antibronchitic 1 *
Anticancer 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinomic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic 1 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 2 *
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 *
AntiCFS 3 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlimacteric 4 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 *
Anticolitic 2 *
Anticonvulsant 2 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 5 *