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

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Allium cepa ( Basal, Bawang, Bawang merah, Bawang puteh, Cabolla, Cebola, Cebolla, Cebolla Macho, Hu Ts'Ung, Oignon, Onion, Onion,Red, Pyaz, Sogan, Soghan, Tama-Negi, Z'Oignon, Zwibeln )
Allium sativum ( Ail, Ail De Cuisine, Ajo, Bawang Poetih, Bawang puteh, Cropleek, Garlic, Hsiao Suan, Lai, Lasan, Rosina, Samersaq, Sarimsak, Sir, Suan, Thum )
Amaranthus bidentata
Aristolochia chapmaniana
Artemisia apiacea ( Ch'Ing Hao, Hsiang Hao, Yeh Chu Hua )
Chrysanthemum sinense ( Chii Hua, Chu Hua, Chu Hua Chiu )
Clausena anisata
Clerodendrum cyrtophyllum
Combretum mucronatum
Echinochloa crusgalli ( Attorlothe, Han Pai, Lung Chao Su, Pai, Shui Pai, Wu Ho, Ya Chao Pai )
Eucalyptus robusta
Eupatorium fortunei ( Huzi-Bakama )
Hedyotis auricularia ( Kereka batu )
Juniperus scopulorum
Lithospermum erythrorhizon ( Murasaki )
Nicotiana tabacum ( Herbe A La Reine, Jen Ts'Ao, Nicoziana, Tabac, Tabac Mannoque, Tabaco, Tabigh, Tan Pa Ku, Tanigh, Tobacco, Toubac, Tutun, Yen Ken, Yen Ts'Ao, Yu Ts'Ao )
Noltea africana
Panax pseudoginseng
Panicum maximum ( Guinea Grass, Herbe De Guinee, Z'Herbe De Guinee )
Paris quadrifolia ( Einbeere, Herb Paris, Oneberry, Tilki Uzumu, Uva De Raposa, Wang Sun )
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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.