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

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Abelmoschus esculentus ( Bamia, Calalou, Calalou Gombo, Gombo, Gumbo, Hsiang Fu, Hsiang Fu Tzu, Huang Shu K'Uei, Juncia Avellanada, Molondron, Ochro, Quiabeiro, Quingombo, Rumput haliya hitam, Teki )
Ajuga decumbens ( Isha Nakasa )
Allium ampeloprasum
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 )
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata
Andrographis paniculata ( Bidara, Carmantina, Kariyat, Nain Chanvandi, Sadilata, Sambilata, Takila, Vizra Ufar )
Angelica anomala ( Fang Hsiang, Fu Li, Pai Ch'Ih, Pai Chih, Pai Chih Hsiang, Tse Fen )
Angelica dahurica ( Yoroi-Gusa )
Annona marcgravii
Arctium lappa ( Arqityon, Bardana, Burdock, Burdock Blood, Dulavratotu, Gobo, Kewe, Kuang Mu Hsiang, Lampazo Mayor, Niu P'Ang Tzu, Niu Ts'Ai, Shu Nien, Ta Li Tzu, Waisar, Wu Shih )
Arisaema consanguineum ( Tian Nan Xing )
Arisaema thunbergii ( Hu Chang )
Artemisia annua ( Ch'Ou Hao, Huang Hua Hao, Kuso-Ninzin, Ts'Ao Hao )
Bacopa procumbens
Belamcanda chinensis ( Chao Tou T'Eng, Han-Gesho, Hi-Ogi, Pei Wu Wei, Pokok kipas (fan plant), Semprit, She Kan, Suliga, T'Ien Ting, Tsao Chia, Tsao Chio, Tzu T'Eng, Wu Wei Tzu )
Benincasa hispida ( Hindistan Qabaghi, Pai Kua, Shijar Abyadh Hindi, Shui Chih, Ti Chih, Tung Kua, Tung Kua Tsu )
Bletilla striata ( Pai Chi, Si-Ran, Siran )
Cardiospermum halicacabum ( Badha, Baloon Vine, Bonnet Carre, Ketipes, Kokalende, Kola Myetsi, Pepare karung, Peria bulan, Persil Batard, Pois De Merveille, Pois Merveille, Toffe-Toffe, Uban kayu )
Carpesium divaricatum
Cassia occidentalis ( Kachang kota, Kasiah, Khiyar Shember, Menting, Pois Piante, Senting, Shih Chueh Ming, Sinamekki, Tlalhoaxin, Wang Chiang Nan )
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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.