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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANGANESE | 14 | Plant | 100.0 | 130.0 | 0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Root | 1.0 | 6.8 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANNITOL | 18 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MARGARIC-ACID | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MELISSIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MOLYBDENUM | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205. |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Root | 11000.0 | 85000.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTOLEIC-ACID | 1 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEOXANTHIN-ESTER | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Leaf | 8.0 | 71.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Root | 4.7 | 33.1 | -0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICKEL | 3 | Leaf | 0.4 | 5.6 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICKEL | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICKEL | 3 | Root | 0.3 | 5.6 | 1.98 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICOTINIC-ACID | 11 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONADECANOIC-ACID | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Root | 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. |
| OXALIC-ACID | 9 | Leaf | not available | 1700.0 | -0.43 | 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. |
| 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. |