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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
MANGANESE 14 Plant 100.0 130.0 0.24 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 1.0 6.8 -0.46 *
MANNITOL 18 Root *
MARGARIC-ACID 0 Pollen Or Spore *
MELISSIC-ACID 0 Root *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Plant Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205.
MUCILAGE 3 Root 11000.0 85000.0 -0.57 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Pollen Or Spore *
MYRISTOLEIC-ACID 1 Pollen Or Spore *
NEOXANTHIN-ESTER 0 Flower *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 8.0 71.0 -0.32 *
NIACIN 39 Root 4.7 33.1 -0.50 *
NICKEL 3 Leaf 0.4 5.6 -0.32 *
NICKEL 3 Plant *
NICKEL 3 Root 0.3 5.6 1.98 *
NICOTINIC-ACID 11 Root *
NONADECANOIC-ACID 0 Pollen Or Spore *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Pollen Or Spore *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Root 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.
OXALIC-ACID 9 Leaf 1700.0 -0.43 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.
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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 *