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
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.
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 *