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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
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
Antiobesity 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antionychyotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipapillomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontitic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiPMS 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.