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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Agrostemma githago (Caryophyllaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Corn Cockle; Cockle; Karamuk; Gerzeau; Kornrade; Yeton; Gittaione; Bolderik

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Cancer	UK	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Diuretic	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Dropsy	French	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emmenagogue	Italian	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Expectorant	English	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Jaundice	Dutch	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison	German	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison	Europe	Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison		Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Vermifuge	Argentina	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.