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- | Lobelia inflata L. - Campanulaceae - Indian tobacco, asthma weed, **Indianertabak**, | + | Lobelia inflata L. - Campanulaceae - Indian tobacco, asthma |
Annual herb, up to 50cm tall, native to eastern North America; leaves soft; flowers small, pale blue. | Annual herb, up to 50cm tall, native to eastern North America; leaves soft; flowers small, pale blue. | ||
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- | Scientists think an active ingredient in the lobelia plant, lobeline, has similar effects to nicotine. For this reason, | + | ... [[https:// |
- | The above-ground parts (stems and leaves, Lobeliae herba) are traditionally used as respiratory stimulant and cough treatment. Extracts are included in preparations for the symptomatic treatment of asthma, bronchitis and pertussis. Several piperidine alkaloids (up to 0.5%) are present, of which [[https:// | + | {{: |
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+ | The above-ground parts (stems and leaves, Lobeliae herba) are traditionally used as respiratory stimulant and cough treatment. Extracts are included in preparations for the symptomatic treatment of asthma, bronchitis and pertussis. Several piperidine alkaloids (up to 0.5%) are present, of which lobeline (mixed agonist-antagonist at nicotinic acetylcholine receptors) is the major component. \\ | ||
[Medicinal Plants of the World. Ben-Erik Van Wyk and Michael Wink, Pretoria 2004, 194] | [Medicinal Plants of the World. Ben-Erik Van Wyk and Michael Wink, Pretoria 2004, 194] | ||
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+ | "The credit for the introduction of Lobelia into medical practice is due to Dr.Manasseh Cutler and Dr.Samuel | ||
+ | for asthma. Lobelia can, however, be a deadly poison in sufficient quantities. Indeed, Thomson fatally poisoned one of his patients (Ezra Lovett) by the use of Lobelia... \\ | ||
+ | Lobeline relaxes the tissues and favours expectoration when a large quantity of mucus is secreted. The potent action of this alkaloid on the respiratory system has therefore been used with success in numerous applications. Chronic pneumonia, asthma, bronchitis and laryngitis are all conditions in which lobeline has been of great service. It seems that the treatment of asthma reported by Thomson and Culter constitutes the first modern therapeutic application... Due to its unpredictable effects and the development of more effective agents, however, its use has become obsolete." | ||
+ | [History, chemistry and biology of alkaloids from Lobelia inflata., Felpin, F.X., Lebreton, J., Tetrahedron, | ||
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+ | Kohl,F.G., Die officinellen Pflanzen der Pharmacopoea Germanica, t.141 (1891-1895) \\ | ||
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