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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
MUCILAGE 3 Flower not available 15000.0 -1.61 Duke, 1992 *
MUTATOCHROME 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MUTAXANTHIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 10300.0 16100.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
NARCISSIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOLYCOPENE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEAN-12-ENE-3BETA,16BETA,28-TRIOL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 42300.0 73000.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 38900.0 67000.0 0.68 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed 12000.0 20500.0 0.19 Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECANOIC-ACID 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOFLUENE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PLASTOQUINONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Flower not available 6400.0 -1.58 Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOTARAXASTEROL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSI-TARAXASTEROL 0 Flower 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 *