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

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Plant
Codonopsis pilosula ( Dang Shen )
Gastrodia elata ( Ch'Ih Chien, Huan T'Ung Tzu, Onino-Yagara, T'Ien Ma )
Nephelium longana
Panax schinseng ( Ginseng, Jen Shen, Mandragore Coreenne, Schin Seng, Shin Seng )
Polygala tenuifolia
Poria cocos(fungus)
Suriana maritima ( Crisse Marine )
Ziziphus vulgaris ( Kan Tsao, Liang Tsao, Mei Tsao, Nan Tsao, Pei Tsao, Sanebuto-Natume, Ta Tsao, Tsao )
*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.