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Perennial herb, up to 30cm high, native to Europe; leaves ovate-cordate, | Perennial herb, up to 30cm high, native to Europe; leaves ovate-cordate, | ||
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+ | The leaves (Pulmonariae herba) were mainly used in folk medicine as expectorant, | ||
+ | "It is interesting to note that the herb was used against lung diseases in former times, because the spotted leaves resemble diseased lungs (" | ||
+ | [Medicinal Plants of the World. Ben-Erik Van Wyk and Michael Wink, Pretoria 2004, 261] | ||
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+ | "In 11 species of the flea beetle genus Longitarsus we investigated whether the insects sequester the pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) present in their host plants of the families Asteraceae and Boraginaceae. In all cases where PAs could be detected in the leaves of the local host plant, they could also be detected in the corresponding beetles. In one host plant, Pulmonaria officinalis, | ||
+ | [Selective sequestration of pyrrolizidine alkaloids from diverse host plants by Longitarsus flea beetles., Dobler, S., Haberer, W., Witte, L., Hartmann, T., Journal of Chemical Ecology, Vol.26(5), 2000, 1281-1298] | ||
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