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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Marrubium vulgare

Common Name
Itsinegiotu; Horehound; Marrubio; Qutainah; Hashishat Al Kalib; Hoarhound; Niga-Hakka

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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
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Diuretic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Dysmenorrhea US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Emmenagogue Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Expectorant Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Expectorant Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Expectorant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Expectorant Elsewhere *
Extrasystole Elsewhere *
Fever Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Fever Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Fever Elsewhere *
Heart Kurdistan Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Hepatitis Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Hypertension Elsewhere *
Kidney US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Larvicide Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Laxative Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Laxative US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.