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

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Plant
Ailanthus altissima ( Ch'Ou Ch'Uang Shu Ken, Ch'U, Gok Aghaji, Lisan At Tair, Niwa-Urusi )
Bacopa monniera ( Barbin Barri, Brambhi, Pa Ch T'Ien, Pu Tiao Ts'Ao )
Cynanchum stratum
Dioscorea batatas
Ginkgo biloba ( Icho, Ityo, Pai Kuo, Yin Hsing, Yin Kuo )
Milletta dielsiana
Pedalium murex ( Burra Gokeroo, Gokru Kalan, Kadava Gokharu, Kathe Nerinnil, Khasake Kalan )
Polygala reinii ( Pa Chi T'Ien, Pu Tiao Ts'Ao )
Psoralea corylifolia ( Cot Chu, Ku Tzu, P'O Ku Chih, Pha Cot Chi, Pu Ku Chih )
Rehmannia glutinosa ( Akaya-Zio, Kaikei-Zio, Sheng Di, Sheng Ti Huang, Shu Ti Huang, Ti Huang, Ti Huang Chiu )
Rosa laevigata ( Chin Ying Tsu, Naniwa-Ibara )
Terminalia chebula ( Abhaya, Ho Li Le, Indian Myrobalan, Mirobalan, Myrobalan )
*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.