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.
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 *

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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
Chemopreventive (Colon Cancer)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	6	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Co-carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing	2	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic	2	Martindale's 29th
COMT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Copper-Chelator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *