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

 Rumex alpinus (Polygonaceae)

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Common name(s)
Ruibarbo De Los Monjes; Patience Des Alpes; Lapatium; Alpine Dock; Rabarbaro Alpino; Mountain Rhubarb; Alpen Ampfer; Alpen Zuring

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Antioxidant Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Antiseptic Italian Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Depurative English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Scrofula German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sedative Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Skin Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tumor(Parotid) Europe 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.