Talk:Taraxacum

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Herbalism Could Use Improvement

First I wanted to say that I am new to editing, I am doing this for a college class. I am hoping for editor feedback, so please provide your input on what edits I should make.

I wanted to add a few things:

Dandelions can be used to potentially treat obesity. Dandelion components play a significant role in the control of lipid metabolism and adipogenesis. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23956107 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3271/3/2/38

A water-soluble polysaccharide from Dandelion possesses efficacious antioxidant and hypoglycemic properties. https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/24/8/1485

Dandelion root is a source of natural antimicrobial compounds. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25644491/

Dandelion leaves have been shown to possibly decrease growth of cancer cells. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18425335/

Dandelion Root Extracts (DRE) could engage and effectively target multiple vulnerabilities of cancer cells. Therefore, DRE could be a non-toxic and effective anti-cancer alternative. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27564258/

Thanks! MsKatieJones (talk) 07:03, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My edits were removed. I feel someone should explain before removing all of the benefits dandelions provide in herbalism. MsKatieJones (talk) 03:46, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You added this misleading nonsense, which is, at best, extrapolation from lab research, and has no WP:MEDRS sources. Somehow, the edit survived for several months - it should have been reverted outright. Zefr (talk) 04:20, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Inconsistency on red seeded origin

The first paragraph states that the red seeded dandelion is invasive, but it's own page says it is native to North America. One of these must be a mistake. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taraxacum_erythrospermum 75.100.190.200 (talk) 21:28, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is not considered an invasive species by professional biologists

It is officially considered naturalized. The term invasive officially means it moves in and pushes out all other flora, which the dandelion does not. I honestly don't know where all this dandelion hate comes from but it is neither invasive nor all that aggressive and the article needs to be edited to reflect scientific fact, not public emotion. Some yards have dandelion infestations, but that isnt because of the plant that is because the pH is severely out of normal ranges and other plants cannot compete. The dandelion itself will correct that pH imbalance given a chance. AQBachler (talk) 06:42, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Todo list?

This article is pretty well-developed. Would there be interest in nominating it for a Good Article review? If so, is there anything on the todo list that definitely needs to be done? I see a few inline issue tags and will try to address those soon, Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 04:02, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]