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

Common Names

Indian Tobacco; Lobelia

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
NIACIN	39	Leaf	3.7	33.0	-0.78	Duke, 1992 *
NORLELOBANIDINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NORLOBELANIDINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NORLOBELANINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHENYLALANINE-2-OXO-GLUTARATE-AMINO-TRANSFERASE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	174.0	1540.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	1424.0	12600.0	-0.78	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	10283.0	91000.0	-1.21	Duke, 1992 *
PYRIDINE-ALKALOIDS	0	Plant	4000.0	5000.0	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
RESIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Leaf	0.1	0.5	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Leaf	0.1	0.8	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Leaf	17.0	150.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	not available	3.2	-1.06	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMINE	0	Leaf	0.4	3.2	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Leaf	0.8	7.0	-1.03	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Leaf	not available	887000.0	0.40	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Leaf	0.1	0.4	-0.52	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
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperactivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimpotence	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).