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

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Acacia farnesiana ( Cuji, Esponjeira, Kambang japun, Kembang bandira, Kembang nagasiri, Tusca )
Ajuga ophrydis
Apocynum androsaemifolium ( Amerikanischer, Canadian Hemp, Chanvre Du Canada, Dogbane, Spreading Dogbane, Vliegenwurger )
Artemisia vulgaris ( Ai, Ai Fu, Arbre Aux Cent Gouts, Armoise, Artemisa, Baru china, Ch'I Ai, Chih Ts'Ao, Chiu Ts'Ao, Fleurs St Jean, Genje jawa, Hiyam, I Ts'Ao, Miskotu, Mugwort, Suket ganjahan, Sundamala, Tzu Ai )
Artocarpus heterophyllus ( Ekmek Agaci, Jaqueira )
Bowiea volubilis
Brunsvigia radulosa
Castilla elastica ( Caucho Criollo Hembra, Holli )
Clausena anisata
Commelina erecta ( Consuelda, Mais Marron, Suelda Consuelda, Z'Herbe Mais Marron )
Conioselinum univittatum ( Ch'Uan Hsiung, Chiao Nao Hsiung, Ching Hsiung, Fu Hsiung, Hsi Hsiung, Hsiang Kuo, Ma Hsien Hsiung Ch'Iung, Mi Wu, T'Ai Hsiung )
Epimedium sagittatum ( Hozaki-No-Ikari-So, Hozakino-Ikari-So, Hsien Ling P'I, Yin Yang Huo )
Evodia rutaecarpa ( Goshu, Wu Chu Yu )
Ficus capensis
Galium spp.
Geranium hernandezii
Luffa echinata
Lycopodium alopecuroides
Paullinia pinnata ( Bejuco Costilla, Bejuco De Tres Filos, Liane Carree )
Pedicularis resupinata ( Ma Hsien Hao, Ma Shih Hao )
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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.