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

Ethnobotanical Plant Isatis tinctoria

Common Name
Woad, Ban Lan Gen, Ch'Ing Tai, Tien Hua

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Bactericide China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Cancer UK Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer(Cervix) China Yey, S.D.J. 1973. Anticancer Chinese Herbal Medicines. Maerican Journal of Chinese Medicine 1(2): 271-274.
Cyanogenetic US *
Fever China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Parotitis China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Rash China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Sore Elsewhere *
Sore Elsewhere *
Sore(Throat) China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Tumor China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.