Steinmetz:Rubia
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Rubia tinctorum
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Central- and Southern Europe
- Asia Minor
- Part(s) Used
- Radix Rubiae tinctorum = Radix Alizari
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- Constituent(s)
- purpuroxanthin and purpurin (colouring matter)
- ruberythrin-acid (glucose and alizarin)
- sugar
- pectin
- enzyme
- albumen
- fatry oil
- citric acid
- calcium-oxyd
- Action
- diuretic
- emmenagogue
- eccoprotic
- tonic
- used for dyeing
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