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

Ethnobotanical Plant Rumex alpinus

Common Name
Ruibarbo De Los Monjes, Patience Des Alpes, Lapatium, Alpine Dock, Rabarbaro Alpino, Mountain Rhubarb, Alpen Ampfer, Alpen Zuring

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Antioxidant Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Antiseptic Italian Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Depurative English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Scrofula German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sedative Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Skin Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tumor(Parotid) Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.