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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidermatitic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antidermatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Lead) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysenteric 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 11 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antielastase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiendometriotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 6 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.