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Plant Tagetes erecta (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Marigold; Aztec Marigold
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CHOLESTEROL 1 Flower not available not available not available Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
D-LIMONENE 19 Plant 320.0 380.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
D-LINALOL 0 Plant not available 59.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
D-LINALOOL 0 Plant not available 59.0 -0.98 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DITHIENYLACETYLENE 0 Flower not available not available not available Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
EO 0 Plant not available 1000.0 -0.66 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ETHYL-GALLATE 5 Plant not available 1.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 200000.0 205000.0 -0.32 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HELENIEN 2 Flower not available 7400.0 not available Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
KAEMPFERITRIN 1 Flower not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
KAEMPFERITRIN 1 Leaf not available 7000.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf not available not available not available Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
KAEMPFEROL-7-O-RHAMNOSIDE 5 Leaf not available not available not available Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
L-LINALOL 0 Plant not available 98.0 -0.82 Duke, 1992 *
L-LINALOOL 0 Plant not available 98.0 -0.99 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Plant not available 61.0 -0.55 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LUTEIN 15 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN-DIMYRISTATE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN-DIMYRISTATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN-DIPALMITATE 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
Antiedemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antihalitosic 1 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197.
Antihistaminic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
AntiHIV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimplantation 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antilaryngitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *