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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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E Helleborus foetidus (Ranunculaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Eleboro Fetido; Kokulu Boynuzotu; Hellebore,Black

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Cancer	Europe	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cardiac	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.
Poison	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison	Spain	Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Poison		Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Vermifuge	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.