Lion’s tooth

Taraxacum. Dandelion lion s tooth. Dried [hi -zome and roots of Taraxacum palustre (Lyons) Lam. DC. (T. officinale Weber, Leontodon taraxacum L.), Compositae. Habit. Europe naturalized in North America. Constit. Taraxerol, choline, levulin, inulin, pectin. 

To date, about 25 taraxastanes have been isolated, predominantly from Asteraeeae Representatives inelude (+)-20-Taraxasten-3p-ol (v /-taraxasterol) and (+)-20(30)-taraxasten-3p,16p-diol (amidenediol) from lion s tooth Taraxacum officinale and Arnica montana as well as 20-taraxasten-3p,16p-diol (faradiol) from Arnica mon-tana, Tussilago farfara, Senecio alpinus and gold-bloom Calendula officinalis (all Asteraeeae). 

Common/vernacular names Common dandelion, lion s tooth, taraxacum. 

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