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

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical databases facilitate in-depth plant, chemical, bioactivity, and ethnobotany searches using scientific or common names. Search results can be downloaded in PDF or spreadsheet form. Of interest to pharmaceutical, nutritional, and biomedical research, as well alternative therapies and herbal products.


Key: A= Biological Activity C= Chemical E= Ethnobotany Plant P= Plant S= Syndrome U= Ethnobotany Use
E Centaurea montana (Berg Centaurie; Bleuet Vivace; Centauree De Montagne; Mountain Centaury)
P Centaurea calcitrapa (Star-Thistle)
P Centaurea cyanus (Bachelor's Button; Cornflower)
E Centaurea cyanus (A'Nber; Aciano; Mawi Pighember Chichegi; Peygamber Cicegi; Sentoria)
E Centaurea centaurium (Buyuk Kantaron; Centaury)
E Centaurea calcitrapa (Abre Puno; Abrojo; Calcatreppolo; Calcitrapa; Cardo Estrelado; Chardon Etoile; Chausse Trape; Common Star Thistle; Ippof)
E Centaurea jacea (Kara Kantaron)
E Centaurea nigra (Black Knapweed; Centauree Noire; Knapweed; Zwarte Knoop)
E Centaurea aspera (Centaura Aspera)
E Centaurea solstitialis (Yellow Star Thistle)
E Centaurea acaulis (Ardjikna)
E Centaurea monantha (Lou Lu)
E Centaurea salonitana (Centaurion)
E Centaurea scabiosa (Buyuk Kantaron; Scabieuse)
E Centaurea cyaneus (Cornflour)