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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CHOLESTANOL 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHEMAXANTHIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-FLAVOXANTHIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LUTEOXANTHIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITROXANTHIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMORPHECOLIC-ACID 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Flower 200.0 4000.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
ERYTHRODIOL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FARADIOL 2 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 260000.0 450000.0 0.97 Duke, 1992 *
FLAVOCHROME 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FLAVOCHROME 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOIDS 0 Flower 3300.0 8000.0 -0.88 Duke, 1992 *
FLAVOXANTHIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FUCOSTANOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL 14 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HELIANTRIOL-C 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anthelmintic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacne 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaflatoxin 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianginal 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiangiogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antianxiety 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiapoplectic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 6 Duke, 1992 *