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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
12-URSENE-3,6,21-TRIOL 0 Plant *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL 0 Flower *
24-METHYLCHOLEST-5,22-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Sprout Seedling *
24-METHYLCHOLEST-7-EN-7-BETA-OL 0 Sprout Seedling *
28-ISOFUCOSTEROL 0 Flower *
4-ALPHA-METHYL-24-METHYLENE-CHOLEST-7EN-3BETA-OL 0 Plant *
4-ALPHA-METHYLSTIGMASTA-7,24(28)-DIEN-3BETA-OL 0 Plant *
4-BETA-METHYLERGOSTA-7,24(28)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Flower *
4-BETA-METHYLSTIGMASTA-7,24(28)-DIEN-3BETA-OL 0 Plant *
5-PHYTYLTOLUQUINONE 0 Plant *
6-PHYTYLTOLUQUINONE 0 Plant *
7-METHYLTOCOL 0 Plant *
8-METHYL-TOCOL 0 Plant *
9'-CIS-LUTEIN 0 Flower *
9-HYDROXY-TRANS-10,CIS-12-OCTADECADIENIC-ACID 0 Seed *
ALKALOIDS 0 Plant 190000.0 4.85 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Flower *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Leaf *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROLQUINONE 0 Plant *
ARNADIOL 0 Flower *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Fungistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Gastroprotective 3 *
Gastrostimulant 1 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 2 *
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemopoietic 1 *
Hemostat 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 *
Hepatomagenic 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 12 *
Hepatotropic 1 *
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hypercholesterolemic 3 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypocholesterolemic 12 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 6 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipemic 1 *
Hypolipidemic 1 *
Hypotensive 6 *