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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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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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
(5E)-OCIMENONE 2 Plant Abstract (See species file)
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Plant 47.0 125.0 -0.53 *
2,2',2'',5'-TERTHIOPHENE 0 Flower Essent. Oil *
2,3,5-TRIMETHYLFURAN 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 18900.0 *
2,6-DIMETHYL-7-OCTEN-4-ONE 0 Plant 93.0 500.0 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
2-HEXEN-1-AL 0 Plant 65.0 175.0 *
3,7-DIMETHYL-OCT-1-EN-6-ONE 0 Flower Essent. Oil 5.6 *
3,7-DIMETHYL-OCTA-1,7-DIEN-6-ONE 0 Flower Essent. Oil 7.0 *
5-(3-BUTEN-1-YNYL)-2,2'-BITHIENYL 2 Plant *
5-(4-CHLORO-3-HYDROXYBUT-1-YNYL)-2,2-BITHIENYL 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
5-(BUT-3-EN-1-YNYL-2,2'-BITHIENYL 0 Plant *
5-HYDROXY-3,7-DIEMTHYL-OCT-1-EN-6-ONE 0 Flower Essent. Oil *
5-ISOBUTYL-3-METHYLFURAN-2-CARBALDEHYDE 0 Essential Oil 1000.0 *
5-METHYL-2,2',2'',5'-TERTHIOPHENE 0 Flower Essent. Oil *
5-METHYL-ALPHA-TERTHIENYL 0 Flower Essent. Oil 2000.0 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Essential Oil *
ACETIC-ACID-2-METHYL-BUTYL-ESTER 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 2300.0 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Essential Oil 1000.0 -0.57 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Flower Essent. Oil 4000.0 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil 10300.0 -0.47 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antibacillary 1 *
Antibacterial 20 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibronchitic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer 5 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 *
Anticancer (Gastric) 1 *
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 *
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticariogenic 6 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticataract 1 *
Anticatarrh 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticholinesterase 3 *
Anticholinesterase? 1 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticolitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 1 *
AntiCrohn's 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticystitic 1 *
Antidepressant 1 *
Antidermatitic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antidiabetic 1 *