Dr. Duke's
Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
Ethnobotanical uses
- Mucuna pruriens DC. (FABACEAE)
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Diuretic Burkill,1966;
Vermifuge Burkill,1966
- Mucuna pruriens (FABACEAE)
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Anasarca Eb24: 258;
Anodyne Eb24: 258;
Antidote(Crocodile) Eb24: 258;
Antidote(Scorpion) Eb24: 258;
Aphrodisiac Duke,1972, Eb29: 290, Martinez, Standley, Steinmetz;
Ascaricide Steinmetz;
Asthma Pittier;
Bite(Dog) Eb24: 258;
Bite(Snake) Pittier;
Cancer Eb24: 258;
Cholera Duke,1972;
Coffee Standley;
Cough Eb24: 258;
Diarrhea Pittier;
Diuretic Liogier;
Dropsy Eb24: 258;
Dysuria Martinez;
Fracture Eb24: 258;
Madness Eb24: 258;
Medicine Broun;
Mumps Pittier;
Nervine Steinmetz;
Pleuritis Eb24: 258;
Resolvent Steinmetz;
Ringworm Eb24: 258;
Rubefacient Martinez, Steinmetz;
Sore Eb24: 258;
Syphilis Eb24: 258;
Tumor(Abdomen) Hartwell;
Vermifuge Brutus, Duke,1972, Eb30: 126, Martinez, Pittier, Standley, Steinmetz, Uphof, Wong
* = Chemical(s) found in plant shown to be effective for the
ailment medicated
** = Plant itself shown to be effective for the ailment medicated
Phytochemical Database, USDA - ARS - NGRL,
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center,
Beltsville, Maryland
Mon May 20 16:23:01 EDT 2002
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