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

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Plant
Anemarrhena asphodeloides ( Chih Mu, Huo Mu, Lien Mu, Ti Shen )
Angelica decursiva ( Ch'Ien Hu, Nodake )
Carthamus tinctorius ( Alazor, Azafran, Beni-Bana, E'Sfer, Habb Et Quirthim, Huang Lan, Hung Hua, Hung Lan Hua, Kasumba, Kesumba, Qurtum, Yao Hua )
Commelina polygama ( Chu Yeh Ts'Ai, Ya Chih Ts'Ao )
Gleditsia chinensis ( Chao Tou T'Eng, Pei Wu Wei, T'Ien Ting, Tsao Chia, Tsao Chio, Tzu T'Eng, Wu Wei Tzu )
Juncus effusus ( Hu Hsu Ts'Ao, Saz, Teng Hsin Ts'Ao )
Medicago lupulina
Polygonatum canaliculatum ( Huang Ching, Huang Ching Chiu, Mi Pu )
Prunus japonica ( Ch'Ang Ti, Ch'Iao Mei, Niwa-Ume, T'Ang Ti, Yu Li )
Prunus tomentosa ( Chu T'Ao, Li T'Ao, Mei T'Ao, Shan Ying T'Ao, Yusura-Ume )
Sesamum indicum ( Ajonjoli, Bijan, Ch'Ing Jang, Goma, Haholi, Hei Yu Ma, Hoholi, Hu Ma, Jijiri, Jojoli, Jungeoline, Kundij, Kunji, Lenga, Ma K'U Ping, Ooli, Pai Yu Ma, Sesame, Simsim, Susam, Tila, Wijen )
Tamarindus indica ( Asam jara, Asam jawa, Asam kawak, Asem, Demirhindi, Mandarin, Tama-Rindo, Tamarin, Tamarind, Tamarinde, Tamarindier, Tamarindo, Tomale, Tomarin, Tomaring, Wit asem )
Thuja orientalis ( Nioi-Hiba, Pien Po, Po, Po Hsiang Sui, Po Shih, Po Tzu, Po Tzu Jen, Po Yeh Chiu )
Ulmus sinensis ( Fen, Hsiang Yu P'I, Ling Fen, Shah Chih Chu, Yu )
*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.