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

Plant Calendula officinalis (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Calendula, Pot-Marigold
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
12-URSENE-3,6,21-TRIOL 0 Plant *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL 0 Flower *
24-METHYLCHOLEST-5,22-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Sprout Seedling *
24-METHYLCHOLEST-7-EN-7-BETA-OL 0 Sprout Seedling *
28-ISOFUCOSTEROL 0 Flower *
4-ALPHA-METHYL-24-METHYLENE-CHOLEST-7EN-3BETA-OL 0 Plant *
4-ALPHA-METHYLSTIGMASTA-7,24(28)-DIEN-3BETA-OL 0 Plant *
4-BETA-METHYLERGOSTA-7,24(28)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Flower *
4-BETA-METHYLSTIGMASTA-7,24(28)-DIEN-3BETA-OL 0 Plant *
5-PHYTYLTOLUQUINONE 0 Plant *
6-PHYTYLTOLUQUINONE 0 Plant *
7-METHYLTOCOL 0 Plant *
8-METHYL-TOCOL 0 Plant *
9'-CIS-LUTEIN 0 Flower *
9-HYDROXY-TRANS-10,CIS-12-OCTADECADIENIC-ACID 0 Seed *
ALKALOIDS 0 Plant 190000.0 4.85 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Flower *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Leaf *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROLQUINONE 0 Plant *
ARNADIOL 0 Flower *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adenylate-Cyclase-Activator? 1 (View) *
Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 10 (View) *
Allelochemic 3 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 3 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic 5 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 9 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th