Oxygen-Containing Terpene Derivatives fromCalendula officinalis

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I would like to thank Prof. Bohlmann and Mrs. ZderofFree Univ. of Berlin-West for the production and interpretation of the 1H-NMRspectra and also Mr. Ruff for his technical assistance also on this point.

Sesquiterpene Glycosides fromCalendula persica

“…. Chemical investigations so far have mainly led to a large variety of triterpenes (4), flavones (5), calendic acid (6), some sesquiterpenes (3), and a bitter principle with unknown structure (7). We now have studied the polar fractions of C. persica C. Mey.…”

Calendula officinalis L. (ASTERACEAE): ASPECTOS BOTÂNICOS, ECOLÓGICOS E USOS

“…imunomodulatória (Amirghofran et al, 2000, ALONSO 1998, PARENTE et al, 2004 por estimulação na granulocitose; antimutagênica e antiviral (Kalvatchev et al, 1997;PDR, 2000); antimicrobiana (DUMENIL et al, 1980;GRACZA, 1987;HSIEH et al 2001) e antimicótico contra fungos dermatotos (GIL et al, 2000). Outras atividades biológicas tais como moluscicida (HELALY et al, 1999); o óleo essencial como nematicida (PEREZ et al, 2003); genotóxica (RAMOS et al, 1998); larvicida (EL-SHAZLY; HUSSEIN, 2004); e antiplasmódica (BOYOM et al, 2003).…”

Research of enzymatic activities of fresh juice and water infusions from dry herbs

“…Matricaria chamomilla L.) (family Asteraceae) contains as the main compounds: volatile Calendula officinalis L. (family Asteraceae) contains as main compounds: flavonoids, terpenoids, volatile oil, sesquiterpene glycosides, carotenoids, polysaccharides. Pharmacological actions of Calendulae officinalis flos are: antibacterial, antiviral activities; anti-inflammatory, cytotoxic activity and antitumour activity (against mouse Ehlich carcinoma) have been documented for Calendulae officinalis flos (Peyroux, 1981;Fleischner, 1985;Wagner et al, 1985;Gracza, 1987;Mascolo and Capasso, 1987;Boucard-Maitre, 1988).…”