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Common Names
Wild Marigold; Aztec Marigold; Dwarf Marigold; Mexican Marigold; Muster John Henry; Stinking-Roger
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EO | 0 | Plant | 1870.0 | 5000.0 | -0.36 | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| EO | 0 | Shoot Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUDESMOL | 0 | Plant | 41.0 | 110.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL-ACETATE | 1 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| FORMIC-ACID | 13 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FUMARIC-ACID-MONOMETHYLESTER | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| GAMMA-ELEMENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Essential Oil | not available | 4300.0 | -0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| GERMACRENE-B | 0 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 11200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERMACRENE-D | 2 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 1900.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLOBULOL | 0 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 1200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTAN-1-AL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| HEXAN-1-AL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| ISORHAMNETIN | 11 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| JASMOLIN-I | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| JASMOLIN-II | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| L-LINALOL | 0 | Plant | 1.0 | 175.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| L-LINALOOL | 0 | Plant | 1.0 | 175.0 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| AntiEBV | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiedemic | 1 | Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990. |
| Antielastase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiencephalitic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199. |
| Antiescherichic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiesophagitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifatigue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifeedant | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrinolytic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibrosarcomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 4 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. |
| Antigastric | 1 | Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85. |
| Antigonadotropic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| AntiGTF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihalitosic | 2 | American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993. |
| Antihelicobacter | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotoxic | 1 | Joyeux, M., Rolland, A., Fleurentin, J., Mortier, F., and Dorfman, P. 1989. Tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide-Induced Injury in Isolated Rat Hepatocytes: A Model for Studying Anti-Hepatotoxic Crude Drugs. Planta Medica 56(2): 171-173, 1990. |
| Antiherpetic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihistaminic | 3 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |