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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Mallotus japonicus

Common Name
Akame-Gasiwa

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Cancer(Stomach) Japan Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Gastric-Ulcer Japan Kimura, Koiti. 1962. Japanese medicinal plants. vol. 1 (Revised ed.). Hirokawa Publishing Co., Tokyo.
Hyperacidity Japan Kimura, Koiti. 1962. Japanese medicinal plants. vol. 1 (Revised ed.). Hirokawa Publishing Co., Tokyo.
Stomachic Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.