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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
PYROGALLOL-TANNIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Flower not available 34000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
RUBIXANTHIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Plant not available 0.3 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONOSIDES 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTANOL 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Leaf not available 64500.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
TARAX-20-ENE-3BETA,16BETA,22ALPHA-TRIOL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TARAX-20-ENE-3BETA,16BETA,30-TRIOL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL 2 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-8,TRANS-10,CIS-12-OCTADECATRIENIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UBIQUINONE 8 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URONIC-ACID 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URSA-12-ENE-3BETA,16BETA,21-TRIOL 0 Plant 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 *