| SUBSTANCE | MEDICAL APPLICATION | SOURCE |
| C A R D I O G L Y C O S I D E S |
| Digitalis glycosides | Heart failure | Foxglove
Ouabain/ strophanthus |
| Strophanthine |
| A T R O P I N E A L K A L O I D S |
Atropine | Painkiller and antispasmodic in digestion system- , kidney- and bilious complaints; antidote in toxicology; for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in ophthalmology | Belladonna
Henbane
Jimsonweed
Mandrake
Night-blooming jessamine |
Hyoscyamine
Scopolamine/ hyoscine | Treatment of psychiatric and neurological diseases; narcosis; sea- sickness |
| Q U I N O L I N E A L K A L O I D S |
| Quinine | Treatment of malaria, pneumonia, influenza, sepsis, neuralgia | Quinine tree
Globe thistle |
| Quinidine | Palpitations; cardiac arrhythmia |
| Chloroquin | Malaria, rheumatic diseases, dermatoses, parasitic liver diseases |
|
| O P I U M T Y P E A L K A L O I D S |
| Morphine | Severe aching pain | Poppy
Blood root |
| Papaverine | Antispasmodic effect in digestion system-, kidney- and bilious diseases, vasospasm, in heart attack |
| Codeine | Cough, sedative |
| I N D O L E T Y P E A L K A L O I D S |
| Strychnine | Stimulator for the nervous system and the sense organs, antidote in toxicology | Strychnos |
| Colchicine | Gout, familial Mediterranean fever | Autumn crocus |
| Cocaine | Local anaesthetic in ophthalmology and ENT | Coca |
| Physostigmine | In ophthalmology and toxicology | Calabrian bean |
| Yohimbine | Aphrodisiac | Yohimbe |
| Emetin, Ipecacuanine | Treatment of vomiting, cough, intoxication | Ipecacuanha |
| Castor oil | Laxative | Castor oil plant |
| Apitoxine | | Honeybee |
