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

 Daucus carota (Apiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Havuc; Huang Lo Po; Carot; Carrot; Hung Lo Po; Carotte; Hawuch; Hu Lo Po; Yarkuki; Djane Racene; Jezar; Gaizar; Mohrrube; Zanahoria

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abortifacient Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Ache(Foot) US(Amerindian) *
Antiseptic UK *
Aperient Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Apertif China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Aphrodisiac Elsewhere *
Aphrodisiac Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Aphrodisiac UK *
Bladder Elsewhere *
Blood Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Bruise US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Cancer US Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer Germany Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer UK Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer(Breast) USSR Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carminative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Carminative Elsewhere *
Carminative UK *
Chest Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Coffee Elsewhere *
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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.