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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Plantago major

Common Name
Plantain; Llanten; Oba-Ko; Tarkuz; Ch'E Ch'Ien; Sangka buwah; Wegerlich; Llanten Mayor; Daum sejumbok; Buyuk Sinirliot; Gechi Qulaghi; Sangkuwah; Sangkubah; Lisan Al Hamal; Ekur anjing (Dog tail); Sembung otot; Otot ototan; Sei Ohr Re; Suri pandak; Bazir Dam Bil; Arnoglossa; Meloh kiloh

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Neuroblastoma Peru Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Neuroblastoma Panama Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Onychyosis Java *
Ophthalmia Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Ophthalmia Trinidad *
Ophthalmia Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Piles Panama Gupta, M.P., et al. 1979. Ethnopharmacognostic observations on Panamanian medicinal plants. Part I. Quarterly journal of crude drug research 17(3-4):115-130.
Piles Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Piles Java *
Poultice US(Appalachia) *
Poultice Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Poultice US(Flathead) Hart, J.A. 1979. The ethnobotany of the Flathead Indians of Western Montana. Botanical Museum Leaflet 27(10). Harvard University.
Prostatitis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Protisticide Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Protisticide Elsewhere *
Refrigerant Elsewhere *
Refrigerant Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Refrigerant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Refrigerant China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Renitis Panama Gupta, M.P., et al. 1979. Ethnopharmacognostic observations on Panamanian medicinal plants. Part I. Quarterly journal of crude drug research 17(3-4):115-130.