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

 Glaucium corniculatum (Papaveraceae)

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Common name(s)
Ward Nisan; Boynuzlu Hashas; Gura Nisan; Poppy,Horned; Mamitha

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Cathartic Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Demulcent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hydragogue Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Purgative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sedative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sedative Kurdistan Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Tonic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tumor(Eye) Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor(Umbilicus) Arab Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
*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.