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.
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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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Bruchifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	5	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive	26	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	6	Martindale's 28th
Capillarigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective	1	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiac	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardiodepressant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	12	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	7	Duke, 1992 *