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

Ethnobotanical Plant Avena fatua

Common Name
Wildoat, Ch'Iao Mai, Yen Mai, Oats

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Cancer UK Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Parturition China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Placenta China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Tumor(Parotid) Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Uterotonic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.