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

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Plant
Aegle sepiaria ( Kou Chu )
Allium scorodoprasum ( Ta Suan )
Amaranthus sp ( Akame-Gasiwa, Ch'Iu, Chou, Chu, Fou, Hsiang, Hsien, Hsu, Hu, Hu Jo, Ko, Li, Oak, P'O, Roble, Tchinne, Tso, Yu )
Angelica polymorpha? ( Tang Kuei )
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 recurvilabra ( Ch'Ing Mu Hsiang, Hsiao Yuan Shu, P'Ing Shu, Pai Shu, Sheng Shu, Tu Hsing Ken, Tung Shu, Wu Shu, Yuan Shu, Yun Shu )
Boehmeria nivea ( Ch'U Ma, Madame Parquet, Ortie Blanche, Rami, Rami-rami, Ramie )
Broussonetia papyrifera ( Ch'U, Ku Shu )
Caesalpinia sappan ( Brasilete, Sechang, Sepang, Setjang, Soga jawa, Soo Mook, Su Fang Mu, Tjatjang, Verzino )
Canarium album ( Ch'Ing Kuo, Kan Lan, Lu Lan )
Canarium pimela ( Wu Lan )
Capsella bursa-pastoris ( Chi Ts'Ai, Coban Cantasi, Kees Al Rai'Y, Nazuna, Pan Y Quesillo, Shepherd'S Purse, Ti Mi Ts'Ai )
Cedrela sinensis ( Ch'Un )
Celosia cristata ( Boenga tali, Chi Kuan, Djawer hajam, Djawer kotok, Hsiang Ju, Keito, Khoroz Ibigi, Makhmar, Rara ajam, Rebha mangsor, Urf Al Deek )
Chamaerops excelsa ( Tsung Lu )
Comptonia peregrina ( Sweetfern )
Conioselinum univittatum ( Ch'Uan Hsiung, Chiao Nao Hsiung, Ching Hsiung, Fu Hsiung, Hsi Hsiung, Hsiang Kuo, Ma Hsien Hsiung Ch'Iung, Mi Wu, T'Ai Hsiung )
Coriandrum sativum ( Bezelye, Ch'Ing Hsiao Tou, Cilantrico, Cilantro, Coriander, Coriandrum, Culantrico, Culantro, Dhanya, Greenpea, Hsiang Sui, Hu Sui, Jung Shu, Katumber, Ketumbar, Kisnis, Koendoro, Kozahla, Kuzbarah, Misima-Saiko, Penjilang, Petit Pois, Petits Pois, Pwes, Wan Tou, Yuan Sui )
Corydalis ambigua ( Ezo-Engosaku, Hsuan Hu So, Yen Hu So )
Croton tiglium ( Badau, Chemkian, Chengkian, Cheraken, Hazu, Kroton Agaci, Pa Tou, Penchahar, Simalakian )
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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.