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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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *