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
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID	0	Shoot	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Root	17160.0	120000.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
PECTINS	0	Root	not available	78000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECANOIC-ACID	1	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHLOBAPHENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	590.0	5268.0	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Root	518.0	3620.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	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.
POLLINASTANOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POLLINASTANOL	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	3970.0	30000.0	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root	1716.0	12000.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	27000.0	321000.0	1.09	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Root	23595.0	165000.0	0.52	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 *