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Plant Tagetes minuta (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Wild Marigold; Aztec Marigold; Dwarf Marigold; Mexican Marigold; Muster John Henry; Stinking-Roger
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimutagenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antionychyotic 1 Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiotitic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant 12 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant (LDL) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipeptic 1 Chem & Pharm. Bull., 34: 3854, 1986.
Antiperiodontal 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperistaltic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 2 Planta Medica, 57: A110, 1991.
Antipharyngitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplasmodial 1 Duke, 1992 *