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
Antinociceptive	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic	2	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiobesity	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
Antiobesity?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiosteoporotic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiosteoporotic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	12	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant Synergist	2	Martindale's 29th
Antipancreatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiperiodontal	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontitic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antipharyngitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplasmodial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplatelet	1	Duke, 1992 *