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Common Names
Calendula; Pot-Marigold
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| 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 * |
| 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. |