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

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Plant
Atractylis sinensis ( Ts'Ang Shu )
Buddleja officinalis ( Mi Meng Hua, Shui Chin Hua )
Capsella bursa-pastoris ( Chi Ts'Ai, Coban Cantasi, Kees Al Rai'Y, Nazuna, Pan Y Quesillo, Shepherd'S Purse, Ti Mi Ts'Ai )
Celosia argentea ( Bayam merah (Red spinach), Ch'Ing Hsiang, K'Un Lun Ts'Ao, L., No-Geito, Ts'Ao Chueh Ming, Ts'Ing Hsiang Tsu, Yeh Chi Kuan )
Celosia cristata ( Boenga tali, Chi Kuan, Djawer hajam, Djawer kotok, Keito, Khoroz Ibigi, Makhmar, Rara ajam, Rebha mangsor, Urf Al Deek )
Curcuma domestica ( Haridra, Kurkuma Uzum, Olena, Safran De St Domingue, Safran Des Indes, Safran Du Pays, Safron Du Pays, Turmeric, Ukon, Yu Chin )
Daphne odora ( Jui Hsiang, Shui Hsiang )
Desmodium gangeticum ( Akar katuh, Kemani bali, Lepantan, Meringan, Serengan, Vidarigandha )
Dryobalanops camphora
Eriocaulon sieboldianum
Foeniculum vulgare ( Adas landi, Adas londa, Adas pedas, Ama-Uikyo, Anis, Anis Vert, Comino, Fennel, Finocchio Forte, Hinojo, Hsiao Hui Hsiang, Hui Hsiang Chiu, Kaneer Razbana, Karasu-Uikyo, L'Anis, La Nuit, Raziyane, Rezene, Shamar, Shbint, Shih Lo, Tzu Mo, Tzu Mu Lo, Uikyo )
Glycine max ( Chiang, Chiang Yu, Hei Tou, Huang Tou, Jen Shu, Jung Shu, Shih Tou, Shih Yu, Shu, Soya Fasulyasi, Soybean, Ta Tou, Ta Tou Huang Chuen, Ta Tou Shih, Tou Fu, Tou Huang, Tou Yu )
Hibiscus syriacus ( Jih Chi, Mu Chin, Mukuge )
Ipomoea hederacea
Leonurus heterophyllus
Ligustrum lucidum ( Nu Chen, Nu Chen P'I Chiu, To-Nezumi-Moti )
Lycium chinense ( Hsien Jen Chang, Kou Chi, Kou Chi Chien, Kou Chi Chiu, Kuko, T'Ien Ts'Ai, Ti Ku P'I, Yang Ju )
Morus bombycis ( Yama-Guwa )
Psoralea corylifolia ( Cot Chu, Ku Tzu, P'O Ku Chih, Pha Cot Chi, Pu Ku Chih )
Scurrula gracilifolia ( Chum Goi Cay Dau )
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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.