Listed below are some of the plants in the CEBTech Services Herbarium that have been shown by previous investigators to produce biochemicals that could be of industrial or medical importance.
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| Scientific Name | Common Name | |
| Rubus strigosus | Red Raspberry |
High in tannins, used as an antinauseant, antivomiting, antidiarrheal, and astringent effects, stimulates immunity, kills viruses, (including herpes), controls glucose-induced high blood sugar, promotes insulin production, kills fungi, stimulates interferon production, multiple medicinal uses |
| Rumex mexicanus | Dock |
Chrysophanein, 3-Methylchrysazin, chrysophanol, multiple medicinal uses |
| Salsola kali | Russian Thistle |
Salsoline - an antihypertensive |
| Sanguinaria canadensis | Bloodroot |
Rheumatism remedy, a ringworm treatment, removes mucus from respiratory mucus membranes, treats skin eruptions, nose polyps, ulcers, badly healing sores, produces tormentil and sanguinarine |
| Scrophularia lanceolata | Figwort |
Dulcitol, euonymit, melampyrite, melampyrum, melampyrin, Scrophularia californica, S. aquatica, S. nodosa, S. ningpoensis all closely related have multiple medicinal uses |
| Senico plattensis | Groundsel, Ragwort |
Senecionine, senecioic acid, seneciphylline, retorsine, senecionione, valine, leucine, isoleucine, Senico spp. have multiple medicinal uses |
| Sisymbrium loeselii | Seed fats with erucic acid |
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| Solidago canadensis | Canada Goldenrod |
3-Glucosylglucoside |
| Syringa vulgaris | Lilac |
Mannitol |
| Taraxacum laevigatum | Dandelion (red seeded) |
Tea for heartburn, relieves cramps and pain associated with menstruation, stomach ache, treats chronic inflammation and enlargment of liver, is rich in vitamin A and C |
| Thlaspi arvense | Penny - Cress |
Seed fats with erucic acid |
| Trifolium pratense | Red Clover |
Uzarin (UZARA) paralyzes smooth musculature, antidote to diarrhea, potent carcinogenic inhibitor, (-)-Medicarpin, used as an antifungal phytoalexin |
| Trifolium repens | White Clover |
Linamarin, lotaustralin, multiple medicinal uses |
| Trillium cernuum | Trillium |
Steroidal saponins as precursers for cortisone synthesis, treat gynecological problems |
| Urtica dioica | Stinging Nettle |
Brandol, also an anti-inflammitory, multiple medicinal uses |
| Verbascum thapsus | Mullien |
Used to treat respiratory problems, hemorrhoids, poltices of it used to treat burns, scalds, boils, demulcent, allays pain, antispasmodic, multiple medicinal uses |
| Vicia americana | Vetch, Wild Pea |
Vicianin, mandelonitrile vicianoside |
| Viola eriocarpa | Smooth Yellow Violet |
Violutoside, vicianin, multiple medicinal uses |
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