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Taraxacum sect.

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 9 constituent measurements and 1 adverse-effect record for Taraxacum sect.. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Taraxacum sect. Ruderelia

9Constituent measurements

1Safety records

5Cited sources

0Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Taraxacum campylodes G.E.Haglund.
Taraxacum officinale (L.) Weber ex F.H.Wigg.

Synonyms are carried from the source compendium. A species may be traded and studied under more than one name, which is exactly how a safety record gets lost.

Regulatory presence

No Health Canada licensed natural health product in the snapshot names this species as a medicinal ingredient under this exact binomial. Absence here means absence from this one register under this one name, not absence from trade, and not a safety verdict.

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Effect types

Target tissues

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
Alkaloids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	0.33 Milligram/gram	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Cardiac glycosides	Unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Coumarin	Live plants	Solvent extraction	1.34 Gram/kilogram	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Coumarins	Live plants	Solvent extraction	—	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Cyanogenic glycosides	Leaves	Solvent extraction	1.42 Microgram/gram	UV/VIS spectroscopy (photometry)	Resolve DOI
Phlobotannins	Unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Saponins	Unspecified	Solvent extraction	5.06 Percent	Phytochemical screening	Resolve DOI
Saponins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	3.5 Milligram/gram	UV/VIS spectroscopy (photometry)	Resolve DOI
Sesquiterpene lactones	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI

Recorded adverse effects

Adverse effects reported in the source literature, most often in animal or laboratory models at a stated preparation and dose.

Effect	Target tissue	Plant part	Preparation	Test organism	Test type	Source
Reproductive	Testes	Live plants	Solvent extraction	Rat (as animal)	Reproduction toxicity	Resolve DOI

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Mahesh, A., Jeyachandran, R., Cindrella, L., Thangadurai, D., Veerapur, V. P., Rao, D. Muralidhara. HEPATOCURATIVE POTENTIAL OF SESQUITERPENE LACTONES OF TARAXACUM OFFICINALE ON CARBON TETRACHLORIDE INDUCED LIVER TOXICITY IN MICE. ACTA BIOLOGICA HUNGARICA, 2010, vol. 61, no. 2, p. 175-190. DOI
Khan, Amir Muhammad., Qureshi, Rizwana Aleem., Ullah, Faizan., Gilani, Syed Aneel., Nosheen, Asia., Sahreen, Sumaira., Laghari, Muhammad Khan., Laghari, Muhammad Yousif., Shafiq-Ur-Rehman., Hussain, Ishtiaq., Murad, Waheed. Phytochemical analysis of selected medicinal plants of Margalla Hills and surroundings. JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL PLANTS RESEARCH, 2011, vol. 5, no. 25, p. 6017-6023. DOI
Jaramillo, C.J., Espinoza, A.J., D'Armas, H., Troccoli, L., de Astudillo, L.R. Concentrations of alkaloids, cyanogenic glycosides, polyphenols and saponins in selected medicinal plants from Ecuador and their relationship with acute toxicity against Artemia salina Concentraciones de alcaloides, gluc�sidos cianog�nicos, polifenoles y saponinas en plantas medicinales seleccionadas en Ecuador y su relaci�n con la toxicidad aguda contra Artemia salina . Revista de biologia tropical, 2016, vol. 64, no. 3, p. 1171-1184. DOI
Rodriguez-Fragoso, Lourdes., Reyes-Esparza, Jorge., Burchiel, Scott W., Herrera-Ruiz, Dea., Torres, Eliseo. Risks and benefits of commonly used herbal medicines in Mexico. TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY, 2008, vol. 227, no. 1, p. 125-135. DOI
Tahtamouni, Lubna H., Alqurna, Noor M., Al-Hudhud, Mariam Y., Al-Hajj, Hameed A. Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) decreases male rat fertility in vivo. Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2011, vol. 135, no. 1, p. 102-109. DOI

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A constituent measurement is a fact about material at a stated preparation, not a statement about what that material does in a person. An adverse-effect or genotoxicity record is an observation reported in a source, most often in an animal or laboratory model. Neither is a Metatron Health conclusion about causality, human risk or benefit, and the absence of a record is not proof that a preparation is safe. Nothing here is diagnosis, prescribing or individual medical care.

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