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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Dryopteris filix-mas (Dryopteridaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Wurmfarn; Erkek Egrelti; Helecho Macho

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Total Uses: 11

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Aperient	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Astringent	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cyanogenetic	US
Pectoral	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Taenifuge	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tumor	Europe	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Vermifuge	Egypt	Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Vermifuge	Spain	Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Vermifuge	Elsewhere
Vermifuge	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.