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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
11,13-DIHYDROTARAXIN-ACID-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-ESTER 0 Plant *
11,13-DIHYDROTARAXIN-ACID-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-ESTER 0 Root *
11,13-DIHYDROTARAXINACETYL-1'-O-GLUCOSIDES 0 Plant *
14-TARAXEREN-3BETA-OL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
2-CARBOXYARABINITOL 0 Leaf 356.0 0.23 *
29-NORCYCLOARTANOL 0 Pollen Or Spore 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.
3,4-DIHYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 0 Plant *
3,4-DIHYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 0 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.
3,7-BETA-D-DIGLUCOSIDE-ISORHAMNETIN 0 Flower *
31-NORCYCLOARTENOL 0 Plant *
31-NORDEHYDROLANASTEROL 0 Pollen Or Spore 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.
4-ALPHA-11-BETA-13,15-TETRAHYDRORIDENTIN-B 0 Root 4000.0 *
4-ALPHA-15,11-BETA-13-TETRAHYDRORIDENTIN-B 0 Root *
AESCULETIN 32 Flower *
ALPHA-AMYLASE 0 Plant *
ALPHA-LACTUCEROL 0 Latex Exudate *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Leaf 170.0 -0.55 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.
ALUMINUM 5 Root 94.0 656.0 0.04 *
ANDROSTEROL 0 Plant *
ANEURINE 1 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Lung) 7 *
Antitumor (Mouth) 1 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 2 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Prostate) 4 *
Antitumor (Skin) 6 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 3 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Thyroid) 1 *
Antitumor-Promoter 8 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 3 *
Antiulcer 10 *
Antiulcerogenic 2 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antivaricose 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo 1 *
Antiviral 16 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 7 Merck 11th Edition