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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Agrostemma githago

Common Name
Cockle; Karamuk; Gerzeau; Kornrade; Yeton; Corn Cockle; Gittaione; Bolderik

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Cancer UK Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Dropsy French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emmenagogue Italian Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Expectorant English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Jaundice Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison Europe Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Vermifuge Argentina Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.