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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEVULIN | 0 | Root | not available | 187000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEVULOSE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEIN | 15 | 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. |
| LUTEIN-EPOXIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEIN-EPOXIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEIN-EPOXIDE-ESTER | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEIN-ESTER | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN | 78 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN-3'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN-7-O-GENTIOBIOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN-7-O-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Leaf | 360.0 | 2500.0 | -0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Root | 225.0 | 1570.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Leaf | 14.0 | 206.0 | -0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiherpetic | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihiccup | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihistaminic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 7 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihomocysteine | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihydrophobic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihyperammonemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihyperkeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperkinetic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperthyroid | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihypoglycemic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiichythyotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiimpotence | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiinfarctal | 1 | Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp. |
| Antiinfective | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |