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

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Plant
Angelica sinensis ( Dan Gui, Dang Gui )
Bupleurum scorzoneraefolium ( Misima-Saiko )
Commiphora molmol
Crocus sativus ( Azafran, Crocus, Fan Hung Hua, Koema-koema, Kumkum, Po Fu Lan, Sa Fa Ang, Sa'Faran, Saffron, Safran, Sahuran )
Curcuma domestica ( Haridra, Kurkuma Uzum, Olena, Safran De St Domingue, Safran Des Indes, Safran Du Pays, Safron Du Pays, Turmeric, Ukon, Yu Chin )
Cyperus rotundus ( Boeai, Hama-Suge, Hsiang Fu, Hsiang Fu Tzu, Mota, Muskezamin, Musta, Mustaka, Mutha, Roekoet teki, So Ken Chiu, So Ts'Ao, Souchet, Tage-tage, Teki, Topalak, Woeta )
Dendrophthoe falcata
Dianthus superbus ( Ch'U Mai, Ezo-Kawara-Nadesiko, Kawara-Nadesiko )
Grangea maderaspatana
Leonurus heterophyllus
Ligusticum wallichii
Memorialis hirta
Mikania guaco ( Guaco, Guaco Morado, Huaco )
Paeonia lactiflora ( Bai Shao )
Rehmannia glutinosa ( Akaya-Zio, Kaikei-Zio, Sheng Di, Sheng Ti Huang, Shu Ti Huang, Ti Huang, Ti Huang Chiu )
Salvia miltiorrhiza ( Dan Sen, Tan Shen, Wu Shen )
Valeriana amurensis
Valeriana coreana
Valeriana hardwickii ( Syrian Nard, Wall. )
Valeriana officinalis ( Kediotu, Seiyo-Kanoko-So, Valerian, Valeriana )
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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.