Plant Calendula officinalis (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
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
Ubiquiot	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Uricosuric	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uterotrophic	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Vasodilator	5	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	2	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	3	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.