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
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
Antiosteoarthritic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiosteoporotic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxalate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant	28	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant Synergist	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antipancreatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiparkinsonian	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontal	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	9	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
AntiPGE2	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipharyngitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial	2	Duke, 1992 *