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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Tagetes minuta (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Wild Marigold; Aztec Marigold; Dwarf Marigold; Mexican Marigold; Muster John Henry; Stinking-Roger
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CIS-TAGETONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 20000.0 Zygadlo, J. S., Guzman, C. A., Grosso, N. R. 1994. Antifungal Properties of the Leaf Oils of Tagetes Minuta L. and T. filifolia Lag. J. Essent. Oil Res. 6 6: 617-621. Cat Quim Org Fac Cien Exact Univ Nacion Cordoba Cordoba 5000 Argentina.
CIS-TAGETONE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil 141000.0 *
CITRAL 53 Essential Oil *
CITRAL 53 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CYMENE 0 Plant *
D-CADINENE 0 Flower Essent. Oil 200.0 *
D-CARVONE 7 Plant 122.0 325.0 *
D-LIMONENE 19 Plant 56.0 425.0 -0.49 *
DECAN-1-AL 1 Fruit Essent. Oil 2800.0 *
DECAN-1-OL 0 Flower Essent. Oil 800.0 -1.00 *
DECAN-1-OL-ACETATE 0 Flower Essent. Oil 800.0 *
DELTA-ELEMENE 0 Flower Essent. Oil 700.0 *
DIHYDRO-TAGETONE 0 Essential Oil 77300.0 990000.0 *
DIHYDRO-TAGETONE 0 Flower Essent. Oil 90700.0 480900.0 *
DIHYDRO-TAGETONE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 154300.0 166200.0 *
DIHYDRO-TAGETONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
DIHYDRO-TAGETONE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil 300000.0 *
DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Essential Oil 9100.0 -0.48 *
DIHYDROTAGETENONE 0 Flower Essent. Oil 44000.0 *
ELEMENE 3 Fruit Essent. Oil 6900.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Acaricide 5 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 *
AChE-Inhibitor 2 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 *
Allelochemic 6 *
Allelopathic 5 *
Allergenic 11 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Analgesic 6 Martindale's 28th
Ancylostomicide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anemiagenic 1 *
Anesthetic 4 *
Ankylostomacide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.