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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Heliotropium europaeum (Boraginaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Heliotrope; Bezete; Verrucaria; Akrepotu; Bambulotu; Hashishat Al Aqrab; Turnsol

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Cancer	UK	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cholagogue	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emmenagogue	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emmenagogue	Iraq	Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Emmenagogue	Spain	Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Fever	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison	Europe	Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Wart	Belgium	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.