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

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Plant
Acorus gramineus ( Shih Ch'Ang Pu )
Ambrosia cumanensis
Angelica sinensis ( Dan Gui, Dang Gui )
Atractylodes macrocephala
Bupleurum scorzoneraefolium ( Misima-Saiko )
Cassia tora ( Brusca Cimarrona, Cassia,Foetid, Gelenggang kechil, Gelenggang padang, Penitora, Pistache Marron, Ts'Ao Chueh Ming )
Cinnamomum cassia ( Cassia, Cin Tarcini, Cinnamon, Kayu manis china, Malabathron )
Evodia rutaecarpa ( Goshu, Wu Chu Yu )
Melissa officinalis ( Common Balm, Cytria, Hashishat Al Nahil, Kovanutu, Lemonbalm, Ogulotu, Seiyo-Yama-Hakka, Toronjil, Tronjan )
Piper cubeba ( Chabai berekur, Chabai ekur, Cubeb, Kemekus, Kubabe, Lada ekur, Temekus, Temoekoes )
Portulaca grandiflora
Portulaca oleracea ( Ancharupa, Beldroega, Berbin, Coupe-Pied, Coupier, Gelang pasir, Krokot, Ma Ch'Ih Hsien, Parpinah, Perpine, Porcelana, Pourpier, Pourpier Commun, Purslane, Semizotu, Suberi-Hiyu, Verdolaga )
Ranunculus scleratus ( Cloffing, Crowfoot,Acrid, K'U Chin, Shih Lung Jui, Shui Chin, Ti Shen )
Raphanus sativus ( Daikon, Karaturp, Kirmiziturp, Lai Fu, Lo Po, Mulaka, Rabano, Radis, Radis Marron, Radish )
Reissantia indica ( Hoeh tutung, Mangender, Ojot tju-tju-rian )
Robinia pseudoacacia ( Akasya, Al Sant Al Kathib, Black Locust, Salgim Chichekli Aghaji )
Sassafras albidum ( Sasafras, Sassafras )
Saussurea lappa ( Costus, Kushta, Kust, Mu Xiang, Patchak, Quang Mu Xiang )
Schinus molle ( Aroeira Salsa, Brazil Peppertree, Molle, Schinus, Yalan Biber Aghaji, Yalanci Biber )
Schinus terebenthifolius
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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.