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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FLavor | 4 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastrostimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathione-Depleting | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostatic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotropic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 2 | Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195. |
| Histamine-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |