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

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Aesculus hippocastanum ( Atkestanesi, Buckeye, Castagno D'India, Castanheiro Da India, Castano De India, Castano De Indias, Castogno D'India, Chataigne De Cheval, Eschilo, Horse Chestnut, Ippocastano, Marronnier D'Inde, Paarde Kastanje, Rosskastanie, Seiyo-Toti-No-Ki, Wilde Kastanje )
Corylus avellana ( Avellano, Koyunfindigi, Leptokaryon )
Cupressus sempervirens ( Cipres, Cipreste, Cypress, Selvi )
Cytisus scoparius ( Broome, Chin Ch'Iao, Enisida, Scotch Broom, Supurge Kecitirfili )
Gossypium arboreum ( Algodon, Cotonnier, Cotonnier Des Indes )
Gossypium herbaceum ( Algodoeiro, Algodonero, Cotonnier Blanc, Cotton Herbace, Ku Chung, Ku Pei, Loka, Mu Mieng, Pamu, Pamuk, Qoten, Ts'Ao Mien )
Hedera helix ( Cistero, Duvar Sarmasigi, Edera, Ellera, English Ivy, Habl Al Masakeen, Hedera, Hiedra, Ivy, Lere, Lierre, Srcanik, Yedra )
Phellodendron amurense ( Amur Cork Tree, Hiroha-No-Kihada, Huang Po, Kihada, Miyama-Kihada, Oba-No-Kihada, Po Mu, T'An Huan )
Plectranthus mollis
Polygonum hydropiper ( Daun senahun, Pimienta Acuatica, Pweve D'Ewe, Smartweed, Subiberi, Yanagi-Tade )
Seseli sibiricum
Strychnos ignatius ( Ignatiusstruik, Kletterstrauch, Lu Sung Kuo, Noix Igasur, Pepita De Bisaya, Pipita, St Ignatius Shrub )
Strychnos nux-vomica ( Fan Mu Pieh, Huo Shih K'O Pa Tu, K'U Shih Pa Tou, Kargabuken, Ma Ch'Ien, Strychnine, Yettie Kolindoo )
Urtica dioica ( Bigstring Nettle, Gerrais, Isirgan, Kazink, Nabat Al Nar, Nettle,Common, Ortiga Mayor, Stinging Nettle )
*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.