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Plant Tussilago farfara (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Coltsfoot
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Flower not available 3600.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
SENKIRKINE 1 Plant not available 75.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Flower not available 130.0 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Flower not available 6000.0 -1.39 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Leaf not available 170000.0 0.73 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TARAXANTHIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TUSSILAGINE 1 Plant not available 75.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
URONIC-ACID 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URONIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN 2 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOPHYLL 3 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE 3 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidifier 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 Martindale's 29th
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic 2 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 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Analgesic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenovirus 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.