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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Rumex alpinus (Polygonaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Mountain Rhubarb; Ruibarbo De Los Monjes; Lapatium; Alpine Dock; Patience Des Alpes; Rabarbaro Alpino; Alpen Ampfer; Alpen Zuring

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Antioxidant	Europe	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Antiseptic	Italian	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Depurative	English	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Scrofula	German	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sedative	Spanish	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Skin	Dutch	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic	French	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tumor(Parotid)	Europe	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.