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

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Abroma augusta ( Kapasan lawe )
Adiantum capillus-veneris ( Culantrillo De Pozo, Krafs Al Bir, Maidenhair )
Aerva sanguinolenta ( Gonang kasih, Ki sambang, Sambang tjalak )
Ailanthus altissima ( Ch'Ou Ch'Uang Shu Ken, Ch'U, Gok Aghaji, Lisan At Tair, Niwa-Urusi )
Ajuga ophrydis
Alchornea cordifolia ( Ch'Ien, Ch'Ien Ts'Ao, Hsueh Chien Ch'Ou, Jan Fei Ts'Ao, Manjistha, Sou, Ti Hsueh )
Allium sativum ( Ail, Ail De Cuisine, Ajo, Bawang Poetih, Bawang puteh, Cropleek, Garlic, Hsiao Suan, Lai, Lasan, Ma'Danos, Rosina, Samersaq, Sarimsak, Sir, Suan, Thum )
Althaea rosea ( Gulhatmi, Jung K'Uei, Malva Real, Shu K'Uei, Wu K'Uei Hwa )
Amaranthus hybridus
Amaranthus retroflexus ( Pigweed )
Angelica anomala ( Fang Hsiang, Fu Li, Pai Ch'Ih, Pai Chih, Pai Chih Hsiang, Tse Fen )
Angelica polymorpha? ( Tang Kuei )
Angelica sinensis ( Dan Gui, Dang Gui )
Apium graveolens ( Apio, Apit Bord, Celeri, Celeri Des Jardins, Celeri Marron, Celery, Ch'In, Ch'In Ts'Ai, Han Ch'In, Karawez, Kereviz, Krafus, Rabano, Wood Marche )
Aristolochia rugosa
Aristolochia trilobata
Artemisia capillaris ( In Chen, Kawara-Yomogi, Shih Yin Ch'En, Yin Ch'En, Yin Ch'En Chiu, Yin Ch'En Hao )
Baccaurea brevipes ( Rambai bukit )
Baeckea frutescens ( Chuchur atap (Roof-edge), Jung rabat, Si gamei-gamei, Unung atap )
Boerhaavia diffusa ( Damiana, Damiane, L., Liane Manger Cochon, Manger Cochon, Oreganillo, Pega Pollo, Pega Pollo Cimarron, Punarnava, The Bourrique, Toston )
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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.