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 |
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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 |