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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPRIC-ACID | 3 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 37000.0 | 639000.0 | 0.22 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Root | 107107.0 | 749000.0 | -1.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAROTENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CEROTIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CERYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Perry, Lily M. 1980. Medicinal Plants of East and Southeast Asia. MIT Press. Cambridge, Massachusets. 620 pp. |
| CERYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLORINE | 7 | Leaf | 5300.0 | 22000.0 | 2.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | 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. |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Root | 390.0 | 1120.0 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Leaf | 0.2 | 50.0 | 3.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Root | 0.1 | 0.9 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSANTHEMAXANTHIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSANTHEMUMXANTHIN | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-LUTEIN-5,6-EPOXIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-TARAXANTHIN | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CLUYTIANOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Root | 1.0 | 8.0 | -0.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Leaf | 4.0 | 49.0 | 0.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Root | 3.0 | 28.0 | 1.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Lubricant | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Lyase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAO-A-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAO-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAPK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mast-Cell-Stabilizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Memorigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Memory-Enhancer | 1 | Science News, 138: 189, 1990. |
| Metal-Chelator | 3 | McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25. |
| Metal-Chelator (Copper) | 1 | Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98. |
| Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Metastatic | 1 | Science News, 146: 421. |
| MMP-9-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mosquitocide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mucogenic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mucolytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Musculotropic | 2 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Mutagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |