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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Calendula officinalis (Asteraceae)

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Common name(s)
Calendula, Pot-Marigold
How used
GRAS

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 12-URSENE-3,6,21-TRIOL Plant -- -- -- *
0 2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL Flower -- -- -- *
0 24-METHYLCHOLEST-5,22-DIEN-3-BETA-OL Sprout Seedling -- -- -- *
0 24-METHYLCHOLEST-7-EN-7-BETA-OL Sprout Seedling -- -- -- *
0 28-ISOFUCOSTEROL Flower -- -- -- *
0 4-ALPHA-METHYL-24-METHYLENE-CHOLEST-7EN-3BETA-OL Plant -- -- -- *
0 4-ALPHA-METHYLSTIGMASTA-7,24(28)-DIEN-3BETA-OL Plant -- -- -- *
0 4-BETA-METHYLERGOSTA-7,24(28)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL Flower -- -- -- *
0 4-BETA-METHYLSTIGMASTA-7,24(28)-DIEN-3BETA-OL Plant -- -- -- *
0 5-PHYTYLTOLUQUINONE Plant -- -- -- *
0 6-PHYTYLTOLUQUINONE Plant -- -- -- *
0 7-METHYLTOCOL Plant -- -- -- *
0 8-METHYL-TOCOL Plant -- -- -- *
0 9'-CIS-LUTEIN Flower -- -- -- *
0 9-HYDROXY-TRANS-10,CIS-12-OCTADECADIENIC-ACID Seed -- -- -- *
0 ALKALOIDS Plant -- 190000.0 4.85 *
10 ALPHA-AMYRIN Flower -- -- -- *
32 ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL Leaf -- -- -- *
0 ALPHA-TOCOPHEROLQUINONE Plant -- -- -- *
0 ARNADIOL Flower -- -- -- *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.