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

Ethnobotanical Plant Gelsemium sempervirens

Common Name
Sariyasemin, Carolina Jessamine, Yellow Jessamine, Jasmine,Yellow

Activities

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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
Ache(Stomach) US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Analgesic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Anodyne Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Anodyne US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Anodyne Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Antispasmodic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Asthma Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Cephalgia Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
CNS depressant US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Cough US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Depressant Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Dysmenorrhea Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Fatality Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Fatality US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Fever US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Fever Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Gonorrhea Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Homicide Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Hyperemia Elsewhere *
Hypertension Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.