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

 Lepidium latifolium (Brassicaceae)

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Common name(s)
Krambe Agria; Lepidio

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abdomen Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Cyanogenetic US *
Depurative Elsewhere *
Hepatitis Elsewhere *
Renitis Elsewhere *
Sclerosis -- Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Scrufy Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Scurvy Elsewhere *
Stomachic Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
*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.