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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
MUCILAGE 3 Flower not available 15000.0 -1.61 Duke, 1992 *
MUTATOCHROME 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MUTAXANTHIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 10300.0 16100.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
NARCISSIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOLYCOPENE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEAN-12-ENE-3BETA,16BETA,28-TRIOL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 42300.0 73000.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 38900.0 67000.0 0.68 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed 12000.0 20500.0 0.19 Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECANOIC-ACID 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOFLUENE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PLASTOQUINONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Flower not available 6400.0 -1.58 Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOTARAXASTEROL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSI-TARAXASTEROL 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 *