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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
12-URSENE-3,6,21-TRIOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLCHOLEST-5,22-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLCHOLEST-7-EN-7-BETA-OL 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
28-ISOFUCOSTEROL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-ALPHA-METHYL-24-METHYLENE-CHOLEST-7EN-3BETA-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-ALPHA-METHYLSTIGMASTA-7,24(28)-DIEN-3BETA-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-BETA-METHYLERGOSTA-7,24(28)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-BETA-METHYLSTIGMASTA-7,24(28)-DIEN-3BETA-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-PHYTYLTOLUQUINONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-PHYTYLTOLUQUINONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-METHYLTOCOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-METHYL-TOCOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
9'-CIS-LUTEIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
9-HYDROXY-TRANS-10,CIS-12-OCTADECADIENIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Plant not available 190000.0 4.85 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROLQUINONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARNADIOL 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
Antiplatelet 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodagric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipodriac 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipoliomyelitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipurpuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 14 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
AntiRaynaud's 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.