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.
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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 *

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List of plant activities.
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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.