Plant Calendula officinalis (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Flower	1330.0	3100.0	0.12	Duke, 1992 *
AUROCHROME	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AUROXANTHIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BREIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	not available	30400.0	0.82	Duke, 1992 *
CALENDINE	0	Flower	not available	100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALENDOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALENDRIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALENDULADIOL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALENDULOSIDES	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTANOL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENOIDS	0	Flower	not available	30000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CERYL-ALCOHOL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLEST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antiretinitic Optometry	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic	6	Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Antirhinitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisarcomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiseborrheic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	9	Martindale's 28th
Antiserotonin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antishingles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antistress	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antistroke	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisunburn	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X	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
AntiTGF-beta	1	Duke, 1992 *