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.
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
12-URSENE-3,6,21-TRIOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLCHOLEST-5,22-DIEN-3-BETA-OL	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLCHOLEST-7-EN-7-BETA-OL	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
28-ISOFUCOSTEROL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-ALPHA-METHYL-24-METHYLENE-CHOLEST-7EN-3BETA-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-ALPHA-METHYLSTIGMASTA-7,24(28)-DIEN-3BETA-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-BETA-METHYLERGOSTA-7,24(28)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-BETA-METHYLSTIGMASTA-7,24(28)-DIEN-3BETA-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-PHYTYLTOLUQUINONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-PHYTYLTOLUQUINONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-METHYLTOCOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-METHYL-TOCOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9'-CIS-LUTEIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-HYDROXY-TRANS-10,CIS-12-OCTADECADIENIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Plant	not available	190000.0	4.85	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROLQUINONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARNADIOL	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
Leucocytogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Leukotriene-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	7	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Lubricant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator	2	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	1	Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitocide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *