🌿 Calendula officinalis

🧬 Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae

Family: Plantae - Asteraceae-Compositae

Plant Part Origin(s): Flowers

Known use: Used for their anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, antitumor, and cicatrizing effects. It has been reported that extracts of marigold show anti-HIV and hypoglycemic activities, gastric emptying inhibitory activity, and gastroprotective effects. In addition, triterpene fatty acid esters isolated from this flower extract showed anti-inflammatory and antiedematous activities.

Source availability: College of Pharmacy, Nihon University (Japan). Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University

Taxonomy: Link

Wikipedia: Link

📍 Collection Information

Regions: North Africa

Countries: Egypt

Places of collection: Mansoura Not specified

GPS coordinates: Unavailable

Collection dates: April 1, 2007