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Name: LeoMora Date: October 8, 2023 ASSIGNMENT # Different types of Alkaloids Names of Plants Scientific names (G+S) Types of Alkaloids Classification on Drugs Uses & treatment
- Black Pepper Piper Nigrum Piperine Stimulant Can help with bone health, wound healing, and metabolism
- Blueberry Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus Solanine Natural stimulants To protect against cancer and heart disease and may even prevent dementia. Additionally, high blood pressure, athletic performance, diabetes, and many other conditions.
- Daylilies Hemerocallis aurantiaca galantamines/sanguinine Antidepressant/ Hallucinogenic Used as an anodyne (painkiller) for women in childbirth. Helps reduce fluid build-up in the body as well as reducing fever.
- Opium poppy Papaver somniferum morphine and codeine Narcotics and Depressant drug powerful pain reliever and used to induce sleep and to give relief to the bowels.
- Cocoa Theobroma cacao Theobromine Stimulant helps to reduce inflammation and can protect you from diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.
- Lemon grass Cymbopogon citratus Tea/ theine Stimulant Well known to relax muscles and induce sleep, potentially even helping you sleep for longer once you've dropped off. used for treating digestive tract spasms, stomachache, high blood pressure, convulsions, pain, vomiting, cough, achy joints, etc.
- Bamboo Bamboosa aridinarifolia / Bambusa vulgaris Pleioblastus amarus Stimulant Treatment of atherosclerotic, diabetic, hepatic diseases and nervous system related symptoms, which are attributed to the presence of bioactive components of bamboo leaf.
- Guava Psidium guajava phosphorus immune stimulant guava leaf for stomach and intestinal conditions, high blood
- Garlic Allium sativum Allicin natural gastrointestinal stimulant Helps Boost Body's Immune System, High Blood Pressure, Reduce Cholesterol Levels, Prevention of Cancer.
- Kratom Mitragyna speciosa Mitragynine Opioid-stimulant to alleviate pain, to address symptoms of mental health conditions like anxiety and depression, to help stop or reduce opioid or other substance use and to manage withdrawal symptoms and cravings related to opioids and other drugs.
- Coffea Coffea arabica Caffeine Stimulant mental alertness, headache, migraine, athletic performance, memory, and obesity. Anti-inflammatory effects Boosts energy levels References:
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