Plant Tussilago farfara (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
2-O-METHYL-D-XYLOSE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARNIDENEDIOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARNIDIOL	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Flower	not available	0.1	-1.29	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Flower	not available	3670.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
CALENDOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Flower	not available	20.0	0.91	Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FARADIOL	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Probiotigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Proliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Ibewuike, J. C., Ogungbamila, F. O., Ogundaini, A. O., Okeke, I. N., Bohlin, L. 1997. Antiinflammatory and Antibacterial Activities of C-methylflavonol from Piliostigma thonningii. Phytotherapy Research, 11(4): 281-284.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	1	Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Psychotropic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	2	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Radioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Retinoprotectant Optometry	1	Duke, 1992 *
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sequestrant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Sialogogue	1	Martindale's 29th
Soap	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Styptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen	1	Duke, 1992 *