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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
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
Immunomodulator 5 Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant 3 Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 1 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Insectifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinogenic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Juvabional 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.
Larvicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat 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.
Laxative 5 Martindale's 29th
Laxative? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic 1 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
Lipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.