Plant Taraxacum officinale (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Dandelion

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
TARAXACUM-OFFICINALE-GLYCOSIDE-TA-2	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXACUM-OFFICINALE-GLYCOSIDE-TA-3	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXANTHIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL	2	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXEROL	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXIEN	0	Flower	not available	350.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
TARAXIN-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
TARAXIN-ACID-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-ESTER	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
TARAXINACETYL-1'-O-GLUCOSIDES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXINIC-ACID-1'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXINIC-ACID-1'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	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.
TARAXINIC-ACID-1'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXINOIC-ACID-1'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	102.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXINOIC-ACID-1'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID	6	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiaging	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antialkali?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	12	Duke, 1992 *