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  1. NLM Digital Collections - The encyclopedia of pure materia medica: a record of the positive effects of drugs upon the ... 
    Publication: New York : Boericke & Tafel, [c1874]-79
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/64240040RX10
    ... in seven and thirteen minutes) ; 18 (iu seventeen LUFFA—MELILOTUS. 577 minutes) ; 17 (in twenty-two minutes) ; ... 99^° (in seventy-eight and ninety-two minutes). LUFFA. Dried fruit of a Brazilian plant called Cabacinha. ...
  2. NLM Digital Collections - Emergency food plants and poisonous plants on the islands of the Pacific 
    Publication: Washington : United States Government Printing Office, 1943
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/05710600R
    ... 29. Water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis) 19 42 30. Luffa cylindrica, Luffa acutangula 20 43 31. Balsam vine (Momordica charantia) ... be eaten as greens I 20 Figure 30.—Luffa cylindrica, L. acutangula. ■ 20. Plants Which May Be ...
  3. NLM Digital Collections - Chronological history of plants : man's record of his own existence illustrated through their ... 
    Publication: Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1879
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/60911110R
    ... Bombay “ toorai ” or “ gosalee ” (Graham), and species of Luffa in Sanscrit “ kosataki ” (J. F. Wats.) : the “kosataki” ... and called “kyet-hen-kha,” used in curries. Luffa acutangula of Tropical Eastern Asia. The ridged gourd ...
  4. NLM Digital Collections - The national dispensatory : containing the natural history, chemistry, pharmacy, actions, and ... 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Henry C. Lea's Son & Co., 1884
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101651999
    ... Towel. The fibrous network of the fruit of Luffa aegyptiaca, Miller (Momordica Luffa, Linn^; nat. ord. Cucurbitaceae), has been used to ... similar names, like a sponge and flesh-brush. Luffa Petola, Seringe, and L. foetida, Cavanilles, yield similar ...
  5. NLM Digital Collections - The national dispensatory : containing the natural history, chemistry, pharmacy, actions, and ... 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Henry C. Lea's Son & Co., 1886
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101652005
    ... Towel. The fibrous network of the fruit of Luffa aegyptiaca. Miller (Momordica Luffa, Linn^; nat. ord. Cucurbitaceae), has been used to ... similar names, like a sponge and flesh-brush. Luffa Petola, Seringe, and L. foetida, Cavanilles, yield similar ...
  6. NLM Digital Collections - King's American dispensatory 
    Publication: Cincinnati : Ohio Valley Co., 1898-[1900?]
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101515929
    ... of India.-Purgative Cucumis prophetarum, Linnaeus.-Arabia. Purgative. Luffa operculata, Cogn.-Brazil. The drastic fruit of this ... native habitat (Amer. Jour. Pharm., Vol. 56). For Luffa echinata, Roxburgh and its constituents, see Amer. Jour. ...
  7. NLM Digital Collections - The dispensatory of the United States of America 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1894
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101539506
    ... of litmus appears to PART II. Loco Plants.—Luffa. 1677 be, that potash or soda is added, ... them see Pharm. Rundschau, 1888. See also Monesia. LUFFA. Luffa JEgyptiaca. Vegetable Sponge. Wash-rag Sponge. Gourd ...
  8. NLM Digital Collections - Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, United States Army. Authors ... 
    Publication: Washington : G.P.O., 1880-1932
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/8104689X25
    ... 12°. New York, W. Wood cf Co., 1899. Luffa echinata. Kirtikar (K. R.) A case of poisoning by devdangar (Luffa echinata). Tr.M. & Phys. Soc. Bombay (1887), 1888, ...
  9. NLM Digital Collections - Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, United States Army (Series 4, ... 
    Publication: Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1936-1948
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/8104688X9
    ... Mary Hosp. Gaz., Lond., 1938, 44: 56-8. LUFFA. See also Cucurbitaceae. Grewal, K. S., & Kochhar, B. D. ... a acutangula; the chemical and pharmacological investigation of luffa seeds. Ind. J. M. Res., 1943, 31: 63- ...
  10. NLM Digital Collections - A dictionary of medical science : containing a full explanation of the various subjects and ... 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Lea Bros. & Co., 1893
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101515274
    ... an's operation. See Lithotomy. Buchin'ha. Fruit of Luffa purgans; drastic. Buchu, bu'ku. Diosma crenata. B. ... sonia digitata. G., tow'el or was'hing, Luffa JEgyp- tiaca. Gourd'worm. Distoma hepaticum. Gout. Gout ...
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