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

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Plant
Acalypha australis
Acanthopanax gracilistylus
Alnus rubra ( Aune Rouge, Red Alder, Rode Els, Rote Erle )
Aloe barbadense ( Aloes )
Aloe vera ( Aloe, Alwat, Djadam arab, Hsiang Tan, Jadam, Lidah buaya, Lu Hui, No Hui, Nu Hui, Zabila )
Alphitonia zizyphoides
Amaranthus spinosus ( Bajem Doeri, Bayam duri, Bayam hutam, Kanak kanak pukul lendir, Parietaire A Piquant )
Andira inermis
Aristolochia bracteata
Asphodelus cerasifer ( Gamon )
Atractylodes lancea ( Hosoba-Okera, Tyosen-Okera )
Azadirachta indica ( Nimva, She Mei, Tesbih Agaci )
Bauhinia excisa
Bidens tripartita ( Lang Pa Ts'Ao, Qinnab Maiy, Sukeneviri, Tel Maiy, Water Agrimony )
Cassia alata ( Daoen koepang, Dartres, Date, Dates Jaunes, Fleur A Dartres, Fleur Dartre, Fleur Palmiste, Fleur St Christophe, Fleurs Saint Christophe, Gelenggang, Guajava, Herbe A Dattes, Ketepeng, Ketepeng badak, Ketepeng kebo, Ketepeng tijna, Ki manila, Ludanggan )
Cassia occidentalis ( Kachang kota, Kasiah, Khiyar Shember, Menting, Pois Piante, Senting, Shih Chueh Ming, Sinamekki, Tlalhoaxin, Wang Chiang Nan )
Castela texana
Cnidium monnieri ( Ch'Iang Mi, Hsu, Hui Ch'Uang, Ma Ch'Uang, She Ch'Uang, She Mi, Sheng Tu, Ssu I, Tsao Chi )
Cocculus hirsutus
Copaifera landsorffii
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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.