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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
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 *
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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
Antiinsomniac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiischemic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiLyme 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 3 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antimalarial 4 Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenopausal 2 Duke, 1992 *