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

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Cornus officinalis ( Jou Tsao, Sanshu, Shan Chu Yu, Shu Suan Tsao )
Dioscorea japonica ( Huang Tu, Sane-Kazura(Binan-Kazura), Shan Yao, T'U Yu, Yama-No-Imo, Yeh Shan Yao )
Dioscorea oppositifolia ( Naga-Imo )
Euphoria longana ( Ryu-Gan )
Juglans ailanthifolia ( Oni-Gurumi )
Lilium auratum ( Yama-Yuri )
Lilium japonicum ( Sasa-Yuri )
Lilium lancifolium ( Oni-Yuri )
Lilium leichtlinii ( Ko-Oni-Yuri )
Litchi chinensis ( Li Chi Tzu, Li Chih, Li Chih Ho, Litchi, Quenepe Chinois, Reisi )
Lycium chinense ( Hsien Jen Chang, Kou Chi, Kou Chi Chien, Kou Chi Chiu, Kuko, T'Ien Ts'Ai, Ti Ku P'I, Yang Ju )
Ophiopogon ohwii ( Nagaba-Zya-No-Hige )
Pinus koraiensis ( Hai Sung, Haisung, Tyosen-Goyo )
Polygonatum falcatum ( Naruko-Yuri )
Polygonatum macranthum ( O-Naruko-Yuri )
Polygonatum odoratum ( Amadokoro, Poligonato )
Tulipa edulis ( Amana, Chin Teng, Shan Ci Gu, Shan T'Zu Ku, Shan Tzu Ku )
Tulipa latifolia ( Hiroha-Amana )
*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.