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

 Centaurium umbellatum (Gentianaceae)

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Common name(s)
Kantaron; Centaury; Centaura Menor

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Cancer(Stomach) Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cholagogue Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Depurative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Detersive Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Digestive Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Dysentery Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emmenagogue Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Stomachic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Vermifuge Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
*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.