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

 Chorea

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Plant
Bambusa sp ( Chu Huang, Chu Yeh Chiu, Tabasheer, Tvakkshiri )
Capparis coriacea
Cecropia obtusifolia
Cecropia peltata ( Bois Canon, Bois Trompette, Grayumbe, Grayumbo, Trompette, Trompettier, Trumpet Tree, Yagruma, Yagrumo )
Cimicifuga racemosa ( Cimicifuga )
Citrus grandis ( Ch'Ou Ch'Eng, Chadeque, Chadiquier, Chu Luan, Hind Limon Agaci, Hu Kan, Pamplemousse, Pummelo, T'Iao, Toronja, Yu )
Citrus maxima ( Jambua, Limau bali, Limau besar )
Conium maculatum ( Baldiran, Bisbis Barry, Cicuta, Cicutae Herba, Cigue, Cowbane, Doku-Ninzin, Hemlock, Hemlock,Poison, Isojuuri, Poison Hemlock, Sauvadge Feno, Shawkaran )
Datura stramonium ( Buenas Tardes, Chamico, Chamisco, Cocombre Zombie, Cojon De Diablo, Concombre Zombie, Cornicopio, Daturah, Doornappelkruid, Estramoni, Estramonio, Feng Ch'Ieh Erh, Figuiero Do Inferno, Floribunda, Galurt, Gemeiner Stechapfel, Jimson, Jimsonweed, Jimson_Eed, Man T'O Lo, Nafeer, Noce Del Diavolo, Nongue, Opium Tropical, Pomme Epineuse, Pomme Poison, Stinkblaren, Stramoine, Tapate )
Indigofera suffruticosa ( Anil, Azul De Hoja, Azulejo, Digot, Digot Sauvage )
Nardostachys jatamansi ( Hint Sumbulu, Jatamansi, K'U Mi Ch'E, Kan Sung Hsiang, Mansi, Nard )
Psidium guajava ( Bayawas, Dipajaya, Djamboe, Djambu, Goavier, Gouyave, Goyave, Goyavier, Guava, Guayaba, Jambu biji (Seedy Eugenia), Jambu burong (Bird Eugenia), Jambu padang (Openfield Eugeni, Jambu pelawas, Jambu portugal (Portuguese Eug, Perala, Petokal, Tokal )
Psittacanthus americanus
Strychnos nux-vomica ( Fan Mu Pieh, Huo Shih K'O Pa Tu, K'U Shih Pa Tou, Kargabuken, Ma Ch'Ien, Strychnine, Yettie Kolindoo )
Valeriana hardwickii ( Syrian Nard, Wall. )
Valeriana wallichii
Viscum album ( Anse Di Pot, Bhangra, European Mistletoe, Mistletoe, Muerdago, Okse Otu, Viscum )
*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.