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

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Abies balsamea ( Balsam Fir, Balsam,Canada, Fir )
Acanthus sp ( Aakcheroua, Acanthus, Aron, Axochitl, Bara Na, Branca Ursina, Ccama Sayri, Ccoro, Cotton, Daffodil, Dracontea, Dragontea, Euphorbes, Fodya, Fu Mu, Genet, Golondrina, Isihlehle, K'U Ts'Ai, Memeya Ocopetlayucense, Memeya Quauhnahuacense, Mien Hua Tzu, Nisrin, Osier, Rhus, Sumac, Tobacco, Um Hlonhlo, Warwort, Willow, Yen Fu Tzu, Yxpapachca )
Achras sapota ( Mamey, Tuingamu-No-Ki )
Actinostemon anisandrus ( Lecheleche )
Agave americana ( Agav, Agave, Aloe, American Sisal, Cocui, Cocuiza, Lu Sung Ma, Maguei, Maguey, Oloi, Pacpa, Penca, Piteira, Pitta )
Agrimonia eupatoria ( Ackermennig, Agrimonia, Agrimony, Aprobojtorjan, Egrimony, Erba Da Andata, Eupatoire Des Anciens, Garclive, Ghafath, Kasikotu, Leverkruid, Odermennig )
Allium ascalonium ( Astloke, Bawang merah, Brambang abang, Brambang bali, Echalotte, Hsieh, Hsieh Pai, Yabani Sarimsak, Zechalotte )
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, Bezelye, Ch'Ing Hsiao Tou, Cropleek, Garlic, Greenpea, Hsiao Suan, Jung Shu, Lai, Lasan, Petit Pois, Petits Pois, Pwes, Rosina, Samersaq, Sarimsak, Sir, Suan, Thum, Wan Tou )
Amaranthus blitum ( Baqlat Iamania )
Anacardium occidentale ( Acajoiba, Acajou, Acajou A Pomme, Acaju, Alcayoiba, Amerikan Elmasi, Anacarde, Anacardier, Anacardo, Cacajuil, Cajou, Caju, Cajueiro, Cajuil, Cashew, Gajus, Jambu, Jambu golok, Jambu mete, Jambu monyet, Jambu terong, Jocote Maranon, Maranon, Merey, Noix D'Acajou, Pomme, Pomme Acajou, Pomme Cajou )
Anemone pulsatilla ( Kuchenschelle, Pulsatila )
Anisophyllea pomifera ( Orange,Osage, Osage Orange )
Anthurium crassinervium
Apocynum cannabinum ( Dogbane, Hint Keneviri )
Arachis hypogaea ( Arachides, Cacahuete, Fisteq Abeed, Ful Sudany, Kachang china (China bean), Mani, Peanut, Pistache, Yerfistigi )
Araujia sericifera
Argemone glauca ( Prickly Poppy, Puakala )
Argemone mexicana ( Argemone, Argemone Du Mexique, Bherband, Cancerweed, Cardo Santo, Cardosanto, Chadron Beni, Chandron A Fleurs Jaunes, Chardon, Chardon A Fleurs Jaunes, Chardon Beni, Chardon Fleurs Jaunes, Chicallotl, Chokh, Coilotapalo, Deruju, Lao Shu Le, Ne, Poppy,Mexican, Poppy,Prickly, Poppy,Thistle, Prickly Poppy, Thistle,Gamboge, Thistle,Yellow )
Artemisia unalaskensis
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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.