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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Cynara scolymus (Asteraceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Artichoke; Tyosen-Azami; Artichaut; Alcachofa; Alcachofera

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Total Uses: 19

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Calculus	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Cancer	Europe	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cholagogue	Dominican Republic	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Cystitis	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Diabetes	Spain	Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Diabetes	Elsewhere
Diuretic	Haiti	Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Diuretic	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Diuretic	Elsewhere	ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Diuretic	Elsewhere
Dropsy	Elsewhere
Hydropsy	Haiti	Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Hypertension	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Hypertension	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Liver	Mexico	Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Liver	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Rheumatism	Elsewhere
Tonic	Elsewhere	ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Uremia	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.