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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
HELIANTRIOL-F 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INULIN 19 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-O-RUTINOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-RUTINOSIDE 2 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAPENETRIOL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Plant 10000.0 17500.0 1.72 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 100000.0 177500.0 0.60 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 18600.0 32200.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
LONGISPINOGENINE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUP-20(29)-ENE-3BETA,16BETA,28-TRIOL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN 15 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN-EPOXIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOXANTHIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPENE 16 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Flower not available 6400.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
MANILADIOL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PENTOSE 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
Retinoprotectant Optometry 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Thermogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tineacide 1 Martindale's 29th
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.