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

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Acacia farnesiana ( Cuji, Esponjeira, Kambang japun, Kembang bandira, Kembang nagasiri, Tusca )
Acorus calamus ( Acore Vrai, Acoro Aromatico, Acorus, Agri Turki, Azakegeri, Bach, Calamo Aromatico, Calamus, Calmus, Calomo Aromatico, Ch'Ang P'U Chiu, Djerango, Doringo, Ganoeak, Jariangau, Jerangau, Jeringau, Kaliraga, Kalmoes, Kalmos, Kalmus, Sarango, Seki-Sho, Sho-Bu, Shui Ch'Ang Pu, Sweet Flag, Vacha, Vaj )
Acorus gramineus ( Shih Ch'Ang Pu )
Ailanthus altissima ( Ch'Ou Ch'Uang Shu Ken, Ch'U, Gok Aghaji, Lisan At Tair, Niwa-Urusi )
Ailanthus glandsulosus
Angelica silvestris ( Angelica Selvatica, Engelique Des Bois, Wald Brustwurz, Wild Angelica, Wilde Engelwortel )
Annona reticulata ( Binoewa, Buah Nona, Bullock'S Heart, Cachiman, Cachiment Coeur Boeuf, Corazon, Kanowa, Kluwa, Lonang, Malowa, Mamon, Manowa, Nona, Nona kapri, Ochsenherz Apfel, Petit Corossol, Ram Phal )
Arisaema consanguineum ( Tian Nan Xing )
Arisaema thunbergii ( Hu Chang )
Artemisia vulgaris ( Ai, Ai Fu, Arbre Aux Cent Gouts, Armoise, Artemisa, Baru china, Ch'I Ai, Chih Ts'Ao, Chiu Ts'Ao, Fleurs St Jean, Genje jawa, Hiyam, I Ts'Ao, Miskotu, Mugwort, Suket ganjahan, Sundamala, Tzu Ai )
Asarum sieboldi ( Hsi Hsin, Japon Azarumu )
Aster fastigiatus ( Chien Nu Yuan, Nu Fu, Nu Yuan, Pai Yuan )
Bacopa monniera ( Barbin Barri, Brambhi, Pa Ch T'Ien, Pu Tiao Ts'Ao )
Bacopa monnieri ( Beremi )
Bambusa sp ( Akame-Gasiwa, Axochitl, Canna, Ch'Iu, Chou, Chu, Chu Huang, Chu Yeh Chiu, Daffodil, Fou, Hsiang, Hsu, Hu, Hu Jo, Ko, Li, Nisrin, Oak, P'O, Roble, Tabasheer, Tchinne, Tso, Tvakkshiri, Yu )
Bauhinia purpurea ( Tapak kuda )
Benincasa cerifera ( Beligu, Bligo, Blonchengh, Kundur, To-Ga )
Bixa orellana ( Achiotl, Achote, Beni-No-Ki, Bija, Onoto, Orleanstrauch, Roucou, Roucouyer, Roucoyer, Uruku )
Blighia sapida ( Akee, Aki, Arbre A Fricasser )
Boerhaavia diffusa ( L., Liane Manger Cochon, Manger Cochon, Pega Pollo, Pega Pollo Cimarron, Punarnava, 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.