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Plant Tussilago farfara (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Coltsfoot
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
HYPERIN 14 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Flower not available 2800.0 -0.97 Duke, 1992 *
INULIN 19 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INULIN 19 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Flower not available 370.0 1.33 Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCETIN 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-FUCOSE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN 15 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN-EPOXIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Flower not available 1080.0 -1.25 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Flower not available 25.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE 3 Flower not available 69000.0 -0.06 Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE 3 Leaf not available 82000.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTACOSAN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PARAFFIN 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Flower not available 18200.0 -0.11 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
Cyclooxygenase-Activator 1 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.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 2 Matsukawa, Y., et al. The Effect of Quercetin and Other Flavonoids on Cell Cycle Progresssion and Growth of Human Gastric Cancer Cells. Planta Medica, 56(6): 677, 1990.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent 1 Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diagnostic 1 Martindale's 28th
Diaphoretic? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Emollient 1 Martindale's 29th
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic? 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Expectorant 1 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FLavor 3 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry