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Common Names
Dandelion
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INULIN | 19 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INULIN | 19 | Root | 42900.0 | 300000.0 | 0.06 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IODINE | 12 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205. |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | 31.0 | 900.0 | 1.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Root | 14.0 | 96.0 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOQUERCITRIN | 22 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISORHAMNETIN | 11 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| JASMONIC-ACID | 0 | Bud | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| JASMONIC-ACID | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Leaf | 440.0 | 3130.0 | 0.18 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Root | not available | 2650.0 | -1.58 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| L-INOSITOL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LACTUCEROL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEAD | 0 | Leaf | 0.8 | 10.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEAD | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEAD | 0 | Root | 0.1 | 13.6 | 2.75 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LECITHIN | 20 | Flower | not available | 29700.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| LECITHIN | 20 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEVULIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimorphinistic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinephritic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antinephrolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuralgic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antineuramidase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineurasthenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |