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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Plant
Bocconia cordata ( Po Lo Hui )
Centipeda minuta ( E Pu Shih Ts'Ao, Shih Hu Sui, T'Ien Hu Sui )
Colocasia esculenta ( Ocumo, Sato-Imo, T'U Chih, Yu, Yu T'Ou )
Cordyline terminalis ( Ti Palm )
Corydalis cava ( Coridale, Corydalle Bulbeuse, Fumitory,Hollow, Helmbloem, Hohlwurzel, Mallum Terre, Round Birthwort, Violeta Bulbosa )
Curcuma domestica ( Haridra, Kurkuma Uzum, Olena, Safran De St Domingue, Safran Des Indes, Safran Du Pays, Safron Du Pays, Turmeric, Ukon, Yu Chin )
Ferula assa-foetida ( Seytantersi, Silphion )
Ferula rubricaulis ( Barzad, Galbanum )
Juniperus excelsa ( Cedria )
Juniperus sabina ( Kara Ardic, Sabina, Savine )
Nasturtium officinale ( Berro, Berros, Cress, Cresson, Cresson D'Eau, Cresson De Fontaines, Cresson Des Jardins, Cresson Du Pays, Habb Ar Rashad, Hurf Al May, Nasturtium, Suteresi, Water Cresses, Watercress )
Pistacia terebinthus ( Chian Turpentine, Menengic, Qalafournis, Terebinth Gum, Terebinto, Turpentine, Turpentine Resin )
Potentilla anserina ( Genserich, Gumusu Besparmak, Silberweed, Tansy,Wild, Yerba Plateada )
Salvia pomifera ( Elelisphakos )
Verbena officinalis ( Ayauhxochitl, Bunj, Gogerchin Otu, Holywort, Kuma-Tuzura, Ma Pien Ts'Ao, Minecicegi, Rejil Al Hamam, Verbena, Verbena Oficinal, Vervain )
Vitis alba
*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.