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
QUERCETIN	176	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Flower	not available	3600.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
SENKIRKINE	1	Plant	not available	75.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Flower	not available	130.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Flower	not available	6000.0	-1.39	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Leaf	not available	170000.0	0.73	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXANTHIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID	6	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TUSSILAGINE	1	Plant	not available	75.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URONIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URONIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOPHYLL	3	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE	3	Flower	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 *