Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Tussilago farfara (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Coltsfoot
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
2-O-METHYL-D-XYLOSE 0 Leaf *
ARABINOSE 0 Flower *
ARABINOSE 0 Leaf *
ARNIDENEDIOL 0 Plant *
ARNIDIOL 1 Flower *
ARSENIC 2 Flower 0.1 -1.29 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Leaf *
CALCIUM 28 Flower 3670.0 -0.58 *
CALENDOL 0 Leaf *
CHOLINE 20 Flower *
CHOLINE 20 Leaf *
COPPER 12 Flower 20.0 0.91 *
CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Flower *
FARADIOL 2 Flower *
FRUCTOSE 8 Leaf *
GALACTOSE 1 Flower *
GALACTOSE 1 Leaf *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Flower *
GLUCOSE 7 Flower *
GLUCOSE 7 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidifier 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Additive 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic 2 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Analgesic 5 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiacne 1 (View) *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiadenovirus 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.