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

Ethnobotanical Plant Chenopodium bonus-henricus

Common Name
Yabani Ispanak, Zurron, Mercurialis

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Depurative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Laxative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Phthisis Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Scrofula Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tumor(Uterus) Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.