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• Lobelia plant
• Names.
• Description.
• Constituents.
• Uses.
• The Lily of the Valley
• Names.
• Description and origin.
• Constituents.
• Uses.

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White or blue colored flowers
Dentate and hairy leaves
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Lobelia

• Lobelia inflata
• Family Lobeliaceae

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• Annual herbaceous plant with dentate and hairy
  leaves .
• White or blue colored flowers.
• Seeds odor irritant
• Seeds taste acrid .
• Origin USA , Canada Holland .

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Biochemical constituents

• 1. Alkaloid piperidine group (14 type)
• lobeline , lobelidine , lobelanine, lobelanidine
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• 2. Pungent volatile oil (xanthirhizone).
• 3. Resins
• 4. Lipids and gums .

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Uses

1. Expectorant .
2. Relief of asthma and chronic bronchitis .
3. Respiratory system stimulant .
4. In gas alcohol poisoning .
5. In drowning in water electric shock.
6. In discontinue smoking habit .
7. In large doses or with tobacco emetic .

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White or light pink lily flowers
Fruits form berry (red colored)
Brown seed
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White or light pink lily flowers
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Fruits form berry (red colored)
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White lily flower
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The Lily of the Valley

• Convallaria majalis
• Family Liliaceae
• The used parts
• 1.Roots and rhizomes.
• 2. Aerial parts.

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• Perennial herb with white or light pink lily
  flowers .
• Odourless leaves, roots and rhizomes.
• Has very bitter taste (all the herb).
• Fruits form berry (red colored).
• Origin Europe.

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Constituents

• Glycoside- Steroidal group (cardiac group)
• 1.Convallatoxin
• a monoglycoside composed of the genin of
  strophanthidin and the sugar of rhamnose
  (G-strophanthin)
• 2. Convallatoxol.
• 3. Convalloside.

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Uses

• This plant has cardioactive properties which are
  similar to those of Digitalis but much less
  cumulative.

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