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
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf *
RHAMNOSE 0 Leaf *
RUTIN 87 Flower 3600.0 -0.71 *
SENKIRKINE 1 Plant 75.0 *
SITOSTEROL 0 Leaf *
SODIUM 1 Flower 130.0 -0.54 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Flower *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Leaf *
TANNIN 35 Flower 6000.0 -1.39 *
TANNIN 35 Leaf 170000.0 0.73 *
TANNIN 35 Rhizome *
TARAXANTHIN 0 Flower *
TARAXASTEROL 2 Leaf *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Flower *
TUSSILAGINE 1 Plant 75.0 *
URONIC-ACID 0 Flower *
URONIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
VIOLAXANTHIN 2 Flower *
XANTHOPHYLL 3 Flower *
XYLOSE 3 Flower *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cardiotoxic 1 (View) *
Catabolic 2 (View) *
Cerebrotonic 1 (View) *
Chelator 1 (View) *
Chemopreventive 1 (View) *
Chemopreventive (Breast Cancer) 1 (View) *
Chemopreventive (Colon Cancer) 1 (View) *
Choleretic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cholinergic 1 (View) Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
CNS-Depressant 1 (View) Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Collagenic 1 (View) *
Colorant 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COMT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Contraceptive 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Copper-Chelator 1 (View) *
Cosmetic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 1 (View) *
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
COX-2-Inhibitor 2 (View) *