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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Taraxacum officinale (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Dandelion
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BETA-FRUCTOPYRANOSIDASES 0 Root *
BETA-LACTUCEROL 0 Latex Exudate *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Flower *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root 214.0 -0.27 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 3 Root *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Root *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDES 0 Plant *
BORON 4 Leaf 4.0 125.0 1.74 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron).
BROMINE 0 Leaf 30.0 80.0 0.79 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205.
CADMIUM 3 Leaf 0.2 5.0 1.08 *
CADMIUM 3 Root 0.0 2.6 1.76 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Flower *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 1870.0 42232.0 1.63 *
CALCIUM 28 Plant 12000.0 21000.0 0.79 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205.
CALCIUM 28 Root 878.0 6140.0 -0.14 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Leaf Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Latex Exudate 3000.0 -1.14 *
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Plant 3000.0 -0.83 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Acaricide 1 *
Acarifuge 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
Acidifier 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 Martindale's 29th
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 14 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic 3 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 3 Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 9 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *