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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
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 *
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
Anticlimacteric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticolitic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticolitic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticomplementary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 2 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary 2 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
AntiCrohn's 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCVI 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidementia 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidermatitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Aluminum) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.