Calendula is also known as pot marigold, a annual or perennial herbaceous
plants of about 12–20 species of genus Calendula, belonging to the
family Asteraceae, native to Southern Europe. It has been used in herbal
medicine as spasmolytic, spasmogenic, inflammatory effects and to treat
abdominal cramps, wound healing, skin diseases, colitis, constipation,
etc.
Ingredients
Beside major chemical constituents of triterpenoids, flavonoids,
coumarines, quinones, volatile oil,carotenoids and amino acids, the herb
also contains loliolide (calendin), calendulin and n-paraffins.
Calendula (Calendula officinalis) and Cancers
The study of Calendula against the Angiogenesis for the growth,
invasion, and metastasis of most solid tumors, indicated the positive
effect through its antiangiogenic activity via exhibited selectivity
against the endothelial cells proliferation(1). Its extract, according
to Universidad de Granada, also showed to exhibit cytotoxic tumor cell
activity and induced lymphocyte activation in vivo against tumor growth
of Ando-2 melanoma cells and prolonged the survival day of the mice,
through cell cycle arrest in G0/G1 phase and Caspase-3-induced
apoptosis(2).On lung metastasis by B16F-10 melanoma cells in C57BL/6
mice, Calendula officinalis flower
extract showed to reduce the lung tumor nodules by 74% with 43.3%
increase in life span, probably through the inhibition of key enzymes
involved in processes of metastasis(3).
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References
(1) Screening the antiangiogenic activity of medicinal plants grown and sold in Jordan by Zihlif M1, Afifi F, Muhtaseb R, Al-Khatib S, Abaza I, Naffa R.(PubMed)
(2) A new extract of the plant Calendula officinalis produces a dual in vitro effect: cytotoxic anti-tumor activity and lymphocyte activation by Jiménez-Medina E1, Garcia-Lora A, Paco L, Algarra I, Collado A, Garrido F.(PubMed)
(3) Inhibition of metastasis of B16F-10 melanoma cells in C57BL/6 mice by an extract of Calendula officinalis L flowers by Preethi KC1, Siveen KS, Kuttan R, Kuttan G.(PubMed)
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