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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.
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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 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
Myorelaxant 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 4 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Oviposition-Stimulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 2 Merck 11th Edition
Pesticide 18 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *