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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Isatis tinctoria (Brassicaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Woad; Tien Hua; Ban Lan Gen; Ch'Ing Tai

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Total Uses: 12

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Bactericide	China	Lost Crops of the Incas.
Cancer	UK	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer(Cervix)	China	Yey, S.D.J. 1973. Anticancer Chinese Herbal Medicines. Maerican Journal of Chinese Medicine 1(2): 271-274.
Cyanogenetic	US
Fever	China	Lost Crops of the Incas.
Parotitis	China	Lost Crops of the Incas.
Rash	China	Lost Crops of the Incas.
Sore	Elsewhere
Sore	Elsewhere
Sore(Throat)	China	Lost Crops of the Incas.
Tumor	China	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor	China	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.