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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
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
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 5 Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant 3 Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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.