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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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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Immunomodulator 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 5 *
Immunosuppressant 3 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 *
Inotropic 2 *
Insecticide 1 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Insectifuge 7 *
Insectiphile 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interferonogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 2 Merck 11th Edition
JNK-Inhibitor 1 *
Juvabional 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratolytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Larvicide 2 *
Larvistat 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 3 =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
Laxative? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.