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About the Data

Data are the latest available. 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. Please read and understand the disclaimer before using the data. Users of the legacy system can see a Cross-Reference to Queries in the Legacy System. For complete metadata and a data dictionary, see the Ag Data Commons record about this database (https://data.nal.usda.gov/dataset/dr-dukes-phytochemical-and-ethnobotanical-databases)

About Dr. James Duke

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How to Cite the Database

Contents of this database are made available under a Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. The suggested citation is:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 1992-2016. Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. Home Page, http://phytochem.nal.usda.gov/ http://dx.doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/1239279