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Tussilago farfara (L.), coughwort, feuilles de tussilage, horse-hoof, huflattichblatter, kuandong hua (Anonymous, 1996), Petasites japonicus Maxim (“fuki-no-toh”) (Hirono et al., 1973)

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Dailey, A., Cupp, M.J. (2000). Coltsfoot. In: Cupp, M.J. (eds) Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology of Herbal Products. Forensic Science and Medicine. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-020-9_18

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