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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
HELIANTRIOL-F 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INULIN 19 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-O-RUTINOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-RUTINOSIDE 2 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPENETRIOL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Plant 10000.0 17500.0 1.72 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 100000.0 177500.0 0.60 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 18600.0 32200.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
LONGISPINOGENINE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUP-20(29)-ENE-3BETA,16BETA,28-TRIOL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN 15 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN-EPOXIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOXANTHIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPENE 16 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Flower not available 6400.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
MANILADIOL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PENTOSE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Beta-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Bifidogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 2 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 20 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 4 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective 5 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Chelator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 4 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive (Breast Cancer) 1 Duke, 1992 *