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

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Coix lacryma-jobi ( Chi Shih, Chieh Li, Gavedhu, Graines Chapelet, Gurlu, Hato-Mugi, Hatomugi, Hui Hui Mi, I Chu Tzu, I I Jen, I I Jen Chiu, Job'S Tear, Kan Mi, Lagrimas De San Pedro, Larmes De Job, T'U I Mi, Tranengras, Yi Yi Ren, Yokuinin, Zyuzu-Dama )
Erythrina corallodendron ( Amapola )
Gueldenstaedtia multiflora ( Tzu Hua Ti Ling )
Paeonia moutan ( Botan, Dang Pi, Hua Wang, Mou Tan, Pai Liang Chin, Tan Hsu, Tan Ken )
Paeonia suffruticosa ( Botan, Dang Pi )
Patrinia scabiosaefolia ( Ominaesi, Pai Chiang )
Platycodon grandiflorum ( Chieh K'Eng, Chieh Keng, K'U Chieh Keng, Kikyoo, Lu T'Ou )
Polygonum cuspidatum ( Hu Chang, Itadori, Japanese Fleeceflower, Pan Chang )
Prunus persica ( Khokh, Melocotonero, Momo, Peach, Pecher, Pesco, Seftali Agaci, Sheftali, T'Ao P'I Chiu, Tao Ren )
Ruellia repens ( Akar keremak (Poultice plant), Deras malam, Deras malam), Rumput halyor, Seranam )
Sonchus brachyotus
Taraxacum mongolicum ( Pu Gong Ying )
*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.