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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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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BORON 4 Leaf 4.0 125.0 1.74 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages.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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimorphinistic 1 *
AntiMS 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 16 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyocarditic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinauseant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antineoplastic 1 *
Antinephritic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antinephrolytic 1 *
Antineuralgic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antineuramidase 1 *
Antineurasthenic 1 *
Antineuritic 1 *
Antineuropathic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineuropathic? 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB 1 *
Antinitrosaminic 5 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.