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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Rhamnus cathartica (Rhamnaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Purging Buckthorn; Espino Cerval; Akdiken

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Total Uses: 7

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Diuretic	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emetic	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Laxative	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison	Europe	Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Purgative	Turkey	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Purgative	Spain	Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.