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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Plant
Abelmoschus manihot ( Kastuli, Tororo-Aoi )
Amygdalus communis
Angelica decursiva ( Ch'Ien Hu, Nodake )
Asiasarum sieboldii ( Usuba-Saisin )
Aster tataricus ( Tzu Yuan, Ye Ch'Ien Niu )
Aster tatraicus
Bupleurum scorzoneraefolium ( Misima-Saiko )
Canavalia gladiata ( Carabanz, Kachang parang (Chopper bean), Kachang polong, Nata-Mame )
Chaenomeles japonica ( Biwa, Byakubu(Turu-Byakubu), Byakubu(Turu-Byakubua), Huang Tu, Kusa-Boke, Loquat, P'I P'A, Shan Yao, T'U Yu, Yama-No-Imo, Yeh Shan Yao )
Chaenomeles sinensis ( Karin )
Chaenomeles speciosa ( Boke )
Citrus nobilis
Daphne genkwa ( Huzimodoki, Men T'Ou Hua, Tu Yu, Yuan Hua )
Dendrobium aggregatum
Dioscorea oppositifolia ( Naga-Imo )
Drosera rotundifolia ( Degirmi Sebnem, Drosera, Kimaheina, Mosen-Goke, Ringormgras, Ros Solis, Sundew )
Ephedra distachya ( Manshu-Mao )
Ephedra equisetina ( Kodati-Mao )
Ephedra sinica ( Ma Huang, Sima-Mao )
Euonymus alatus ( Nisikigi )
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.