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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
LUTEIN-DIPALMITATE 0 Plant *
LUTEIN-MONOMYRISTATE 0 Flower Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
N-NONYL-ALDEHYDE 0 Plant 24.0 60.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
OCIMENE 2 Plant 257.0 298.0 -0.51 *
PHYTOFLUENE 0 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PROTEIN 0 Seed 238000.0 240000.0 0.06 *
PYRETHRINS 0 Flower 9000.0 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.
QUERCETAGETIN 8 Flower *
QUERCETAGETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
QUERCETAGETIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
QUERCETAGITRIN 3 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Flower 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.
TAGETIIN 0 Flower *
TAGETONE 2 Plant 47.0 62.0 -0.76 *
TERTHIENYL 0 Plant *
XANTHOPHYLL-MYRISTATE-STEARATE 0 Plant 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.
XANTHOPHYLL-PALMITATE-STEARATE 0 Plant 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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Chemopreventive 2 *
Choleretic 2 *
CNS-Stimulant 1 *
Colorant 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Convulsant 1 *
Copper-Chelator 1 *
Counterirritant 1 Martindale's 29th
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 2 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 1 *
Cytotoxic 1 *
Decongestant 1 *
Degranulant 1 *
Dentifrice 1 Martindale's 29th
Diaphoretic? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 *
Diuretic 1 *
Dye 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.