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

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Plant
Allium tuberosum ( Chiu, Feng Pen, Nira )
Aralia cordata ( T'U Tang Kuei, Udo )
Aralia elata ( Tara-No-Ki )
Arctium lappa ( Arqityon, Bardana, Burdock, Burdock Blood, Dulavratotu, Gobo, Kewe, Kuang Mu Hsiang, Lampazo Mayor, Niu P'Ang Tzu, Niu Ts'Ai, Shu Nien, Ta Li Tzu, Waisar, Wu Shih )
Camellia japonica ( Ch'A Chin T'Iao, Ch'A Hua, Meigetu-So, Tubaki, Tz'U Ch'A, Yabu-Tubaki )
Citrus natsudaidai ( Natu-Daidai )
Glehnia littoralis ( Hama-Bohu )
Juncus spp.
Prunus mume ( Ch'Ing Mei, Mei, Pai Mei, Ume, Wu Mei )
Prunus persica ( Khokh, Melocotonero, Momo, Peach, Pecher, Pesco, Seftali Agaci, Sheftali, T'Ao P'I Chiu, Tao Ren )
Pueraria lobata ( Geh Gen, Ko Fen, Ko Pu, Kung Pu, Kuzu )
Rumex woodii
Trifolium africanum
Trifolium burchellianum
*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.