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 |
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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 |
---|---|---|
COMT-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Contraceptive | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Copper-Antagonist | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
Copper-Chelator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cosmetic | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Counterirritant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
COX-1-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
COX-2-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cytoprotective | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
Cytotoxic | 6 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
Demulcent | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Depressant | 1 | Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp. |
Dermatitigenic | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Detoxicant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Diagnostic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |