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

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
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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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
FLavor 4 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 15 *
Gastroprotective 2 *
Gastrostimulant 1 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 2 *
Glutathione-Depleting 1 *
Goitrogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostat 2 *
Hemostatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 *
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 15 *
Hepatotoxic 2 *
Hepatotropic 2 *
Herbicide 2 Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195.
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 1 Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990.
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 1 *