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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THIAMIN | 31 | Leaf | 1.0 | 17.0 | 1.81 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| THIAMINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Root | 2.0 | 13.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TITANIUM | 0 | Plant | 58.0 | 330.0 | 1.65 | Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205. |
| TRANS-LUTEIN-5,6-EPOXIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-TARAXANTHIN | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYROSINASE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VANILLIC-ACID | 24 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VIOLAXANTHIN | 2 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| VIOLAXANTHIN-ESTER | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VIOLAXANTHIN-LINEOLEATE-LINOLENATE | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VIT-D | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus. |
| WATER | 0 | Leaf | 356000.0 | 880000.0 | 0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Root | not available | 857000.0 | 0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| XANTHOPHYLL | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| XYLOSE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZEAXANTHIN-ESTER | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Leaf | 21.0 | 230.0 | 0.88 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Root | 0.2 | 1.3 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anticoeliac | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anticold | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolitic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticolitic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticomplementary | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticonvulsant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticorneotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticoronary | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCrohn's | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiCTS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticystinuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticystitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidandruff | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidecubitic | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antideliriant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidementia | 7 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidepressant | 7 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidermatic | 2 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Antidermatitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidiabetic | 16 | Duke, 1992 * |