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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Cardamine amara

Common Name
Crescione Amare; Large Bittercress; Cresson Amer; Cressen

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Depurative Italian Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Spasm French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tumor Germany Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.