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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 Rumex alpinus (Alpen Ampfer; Alpen Zuring; Alpine Dock; Lapatium; Mountain Rhubarb; Patience Des Alpes; Rabarbaro Alpino; Ruibarbo De L)
P Acinos alpinus (Te de Sierra Nevada)
P Rumex acetosa (Garden Sorrel)
P Rumex acetosella (Sheep Sorrel)
P Rumex crispus (Curly Dock; Lengua De Vaca; Sour Dock; Yellow Dock)
P Rumex hymenosepalus (Canaigre)
E Rumex aquaticus (Dock; Paratella; Su Labadasi)
E Rumex crispus (Chin Ch'Iao Mai; Curly Dock; Dock; Yellow; Hualtata; Hummaidh; Kivircik Labada; Niu She T'Ou; Oseille Marron; Oseille Sa)
E Rumex vesicarius (Amlaveterinaryasa; Hummaidh)
E Rumex nepalensis (Yang Ti Gen)
E Rumex obtusifolius (Dock; Blunt-Leaved; Hummaidh; Kut Yaprakli Labada; Lapathus; Lappacium; Surale Di Tch'Van)
E Rumex acutus (Dogue; Lampee; Lapasse Ague; Lapato Acuto; Patience Aigue; Romaza; Romaza Medicinel; Sharp Pointed Dock; Spitse Zuring)
E Rumex dentatus (Hummaidh)
E Rumex japonicus (Chin Ch'Iao Mai; Gisi-Gisi; Kuei Mu; Niu She Ts'Ai; Tu Ts'Ai; Yang Ti; Yang Ti Gen; Yang Ti Ta Huang)
E Rumex sanguineus (Bloedzuring; Bloody-Veined Dock; Dock; Bloody-Veined; Patience Des Bois; Red Dock; Romazroja)