Taraxacum sect. Taraxacum

Names and Synonyms

Scientific Names

Accepted name

Synonyms

• Taraxacum vulgare var. dens-leonis
• Crepis taraxacum
• Taraxacum officinale
• Chondrilla taraxacum
• Leontodon officinalis
• Taraxacum officinale var. angustifolium
• Taraxacum dens-leonis
• Leontodon taraxacum
• Leontodon taraxacum var. villosus
• Taraxacum palustre var. vulgare
• Taraxacum spathulatum
• Taraxacum dens-leonis subsp. officinale
• Taraxacum officinale subsp. dens-leonis

Sources: Wikidata

Distribution

This plant exhibits a specific distribution pattern across several regions within Northern Europe. It can be found growing in the landscapes of Denmark and Finland. The species also extends its reach to the islands of Føroyaar. Furthermore, its presence is documented throughout Great Britain. Finally, the plant is located within the unique environment of Iceland.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Plant Parts

Taraxacum sect. Taraxacum has 5 reported plant parts identified across 24 scientific publications and several other databases that are studied for medicinal purposes. The most consistently reported plant part include leaf, root, flower, seed, stem.

Leaf

1. Pakistan journal of pharmaceutical sciences
2. Revista de biologia tropical
3. Journal of medicinal food
4. Environmental science and pollution research international
5. Pharmaceutical biology

Root

1. Food science & nutrition
2. Fitoterapia
3. Nutrients
4. Journal of Asian natural products research
5. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

Flower

1. Peptides
2. International journal of oncology
3. Lasers in medical science

Seed

1. The American journal of Chinese medicine
2. Lasers in medical science

Stem

1. Phytochemistry

Chemicals

Taraxacum sect. Taraxacum has 239 reported phytochemicals identified across 24 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported chemicals include Flavonoids, CHLOROGENIC ACID, luteolin, COPPER, Chicoric acid.

Flavonoids

1. Pakistan journal of pharmaceutical sciences
2. Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
3. Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)
4. Frontiers in immunology
5. Archives of Razi Institute

CHLOROGENIC ACID

1. Dr. Duke
2. Nutrients
3. Food technology and biotechnology
4. Phytochemistry
5. Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB

luteolin

1. Dr. Duke
2. Food technology and biotechnology
3. Journal of ethnopharmacology
4. Phytochemistry
5. Ultrasonics sonochemistry

COPPER

1. Dr. Duke
2. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
3. Orvosi hetilap
4. Scientific reports

Chicoric acid

1. Nutrients
2. Journal of ethnopharmacology
3. Frontiers in immunology
4. Phytochemistry

FE

1. Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
2. Natural product communications
3. The Science of the total environment
4. Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju

MANGANESE

1. Dr. Duke
2. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
3. Orvosi hetilap
4. Scientific reports

Saponins

1. Pakistan journal of pharmaceutical sciences
2. Food science & nutrition
3. Revista de biologia tropical
4. Archives of Razi Institute

ZINC

1. Dr. Duke
2. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
3. Orvosi hetilap
4. Scientific reports

caffeic acid

1. Dr. Duke
2. Nutrients
3. Food technology and biotechnology
4. Ultrasonics sonochemistry

Activities

Taraxacum sect. Taraxacum has 658 reported activities identified across 24 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported activities include Antioxidant, Diuretic, Choleretic, Antimicrobial, Hepatoprotective.

Antioxidant

1. Dr. Duke
2. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
3. Dentistry journal
4. Nutrients
5. Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)

Diuretic

1. Dr. Duke
2. Pharmaceutical biology
3. Journal of medicinal food
4. Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine
5. Plants (Basel, Switzerland)

Choleretic

1. Dr. Duke
2. Pharmaceutical biology
3. Journal of medicinal food
4. Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
5. Phytotherapy research : PTR

Antimicrobial

1. Dr. Duke
2. Dentistry journal
3. Peptides
4. Frontiers in microbiology
5. Pharmaceutics

Hepatoprotective

1. Dr. Duke
2. Pharmaceutical biology
3. Journal of medicinal food
4. Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
5. The American journal of Chinese medicine

Anticancer

1. Dr. Duke
2. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
3. Nutrients
4. Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB
5. The American journal of Chinese medicine

Hypoglycemic

1. Dr. Duke
2. Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)
3. Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences
4. Nutrients
5. Plants (Basel, Switzerland)

Antiinflammatory

1. Dr. Duke
2. Pharmaceutical biology
3. Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology
4. Phytotherapy research : PTR

Antibacterial

1. Dr. Duke
2. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
3. Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)

Antitumor

1. Dr. Duke
2. Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)
3. Pharmaceutical biology