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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Percutaneostimulant | 1 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 2 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Peristaltic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Peroxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Pesticide | 33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PGE2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Phospholipase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phytoalexin | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Phytohormonal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Plasmodicide | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prebiotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Preservative | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Probiotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Probiotigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Proliferant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prooxidant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandigenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |