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

Common Names

Dandelion

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
TARAXACUM-OFFICINALE-GLYCOSIDE-TA-2	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXACUM-OFFICINALE-GLYCOSIDE-TA-3	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXANTHIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL	2	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXEROL	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXIEN	0	Flower	not available	350.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXIN	0	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.
TARAXIN-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
TARAXIN-ACID-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-ESTER	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
TARAXINACETYL-1'-O-GLUCOSIDES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXINIC-ACID-1'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXINIC-ACID-1'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	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.
TARAXINIC-ACID-1'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXINOIC-ACID-1'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	102.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXINOIC-ACID-1'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID	6	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiasthmatic	8	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiasthmatic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiataxic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiatherogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic	1	Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	21	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchoconstrictor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	6	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	2	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *