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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
Retinoprotectant Optometry 1 *
Secretogogue 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Sedative 4 *
Sialogogue 1 Martindale's 29th
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Sunscreen 3 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Sweetener 2 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Teratologic 2 *
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Thermogenic 1 *
Tineacide 1 Martindale's 29th
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 2 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 2 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 3 Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Tranquilizer 1 *
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 3 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.