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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SODIUM | 1 | Leaf | 760.0 | 5300.0 | 0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Root | 162.0 | 1130.0 | 0.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | 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. |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STRONTIUM | 0 | Plant | 64.0 | 120.0 | -0.21 | Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205. |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Root | 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. |
| SUGARS | 0 | Root | 14300.0 | 100000.0 | -0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFUR | 14 | Plant | 2600.0 | 3300.0 | -0.24 | Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205. |
| TANNIN | 35 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARAXACERINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARAXACIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARAXACINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARAXACOLIDE-1'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARAXACOLIDE-1'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 60.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARAXACOLIDE-1'-O-GLUCOSIDES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARAXACOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| TARAXACOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 160.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARAXACUM-OFFICINALE-GLYCOSIDE-TA-1 | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigenotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigoiter | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 3 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antigout | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigranular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigrey | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiGTF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihangover | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 2 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
| Antihemorrhagic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatoadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotoxic | 11 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |