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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Taraxacum officinale (Asteraceae)

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
COUMESTROL 13 Plant *
CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Flower Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CRYPTOXANTHIN-EPOXIDE 0 Flower Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CRYPTOXANTHIN-EPOXIDE-ESTER 0 Flower *
CRYPTOXANTHIN-ESTER 0 Flower *
CYCLOARTANOL 0 Plant *
CYCLOARTANOL 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.
CYCLOARTENOL 7 Leaf 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.
CYCLOARTENOL 7 Plant *
CYCLOARTENOL 7 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.
CYNAROSIDE 3 Flower *
D-GLUCURONIC-ACID 0 Plant *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Root 480.0 0.13 *
DODECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Pollen Or Spore *
EO 0 Root 715.0 5000.0 -0.42 *
EUDESMANOLIDES 0 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
FARADIOL 2 Flower *
FARADIOL 2 Plant *
FAT 0 Leaf 7000.0 143000.0 1.72 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Root 2288.0 16000.0 -0.23 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiasthmatic 8 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiasthmatic? 1 *
Antiataxic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiatherogenic 2 *
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 9 *
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 *
AntiBPH 1 *
Antibronchoconstrictor 1 *
Anticancer 6 *
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 *
Anticancer (Colon) 2 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach) 2 *
Anticancer (Liver) 2 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 *
Anticancer (Skin) 2 *