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Plant Tagetes patula (Asteraceae)

Common Names
French 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
6-METHOXYKAEMPFEROL 0 Flower not available 40.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 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.
D-LIMONENE 19 Plant not available 352.0 -0.51 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 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.
EO 0 Plant not available 1500.0 -0.63 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FLAVONOIDS 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HELENIEN 2 Flower 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.
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-LINALOL 0 Plant not available 398.0 1.68 Duke, 1992 *
L-LINALOOL 0 Plant not available 398.0 1.37 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Plant not available 262.0 -0.45 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LUTEIN 15 Flower 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.
METHYL-HEPTENOL 0 Plant not available 105.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
OCIMENE 2 Plant not available 172.0 -0.61 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PATULETIN 2 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.
PATULIN 3 Plant not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PATULITRIN 0 Flower 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.
PHYTOMELAN 0 Fruit 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.
QUERCETAGETIN 8 Flower 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.
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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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaflatoxin 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *