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

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Bronchitis Elsewhere *
Calculus Elsewhere *
Cough China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Dysentery Elsewhere *
Dysuria China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Edema China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Expectorant China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Expectorant Elsewhere *
Fever Elsewhere *
Restorative Elsewhere *
Tonic Elsewhere *
Vermifuge Elsewhere *