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

 Pleurisy

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Plant
Acacia caesia
Alstonia scholaris ( Dita, Pha Ya Sat Ta Ban, Poele, Pulai, Pulai bukit, Pule, Saptachada )
Ambrosia cumanensis
Amorphophallus campanulatus ( Kembang bangah, Saranah, Soeweg )
Anemone nemorosa ( Anemona De Los Prados, Anemone,Wood, Herbe Du Cancer, Inu-Nazuna, Nemorosa, Ormanlalesi )
Antidesma diandrum
Argemone subfusiformis
Asclepias syriaca ( Ipek Fidani, Milkweed )
Asclepias tuberosa ( Asclepiade Tubereux, Knollige Schwalbenwurz, Knollige Seidenpflanze, Knollseidenwurzel, Knolzijdewortel, Pleurisy Root, Pleurisyroot, Tuberous Swallowwort, Yanagi-Towata )
Asparagus racemosus ( Catavari, Satavari, Shaqaqule Hindi, Songga langit )
Bellis perennis ( Bellorita, Daisy, Harmesha Bahr, Ilk Bahar Chichegi, Koyungozu, Maya, Zahr Al Lulu, Zehr Al Rabee )
Bombax ceiba
Boswellia thurifera
Brassica nigra ( Ch'Ing Chieh, Khardal Aswad, Kuro-Garasi, Mostaza Negra, Mustard, Nware Mostaude, Qara Khardal, Siyah Hardal )
Bryonia alba ( Bryonia, Seytansalgami )
Calotropis gigantea ( Akanda, Algodon De Seda, Arbre A Soie, Arka, Biduri, Kayu berduri, Kemengu, Khok, Mudar Pflanze, Mudar Plant, Rembega, Remiga, Saduri, Sidaguri, Ushar, Widuri )
Capparis zeylanica
Casearia tomentosa
Celtis africana
Cephalanthus occidentalis
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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.