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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.
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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
Antimaculitic 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antimalarial 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimanic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimelanomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenopausal 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMRSA 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinauseant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephritic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosaminic 2 Duke, 1992 *