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.
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
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Flower	1330.0	3100.0	0.12	Duke, 1992 *
AUROCHROME	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AUROXANTHIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BREIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	not available	30400.0	0.82	Duke, 1992 *
CALENDINE	0	Flower	not available	100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALENDOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALENDRIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALENDULADIOL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALENDULOSIDES	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTANOL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENOIDS	0	Flower	not available	30000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CERYL-ALCOHOL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLEST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL	0	Sprout Seedling	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
Anticervicaldysplasic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlastogen	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticold	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticolitic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticomplement	1	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anticomplementary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoronary	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiCrohn's	2	Martindale's 29th
AntiCRP	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCVI	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	1	A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidecubitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antidementia	3	Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Antidepressant	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.