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.
A randomized controlled clinical study, conducted by Babol University of
Medical Sciences on radiation-induced oropharyngeal mucositis (OM) in
patients with head-and-neck cancer, showed a effectiveness of Calendula officinalis flowers extract mouthwash on decreasing the intensity of radiotherapy- induced OM during the treatment, probably through its antioxidant
capacity(1). In experimentally induced thermal burns in rats, the
extract not only significantly lowered issue damage marker enzymes-
alkaline phosphatase, alanine and aspartate
transaminases in a
dose dependant manner(2) but showed a protective role against CCl4
induced acute hepatotoxicity and cisplatin induced
nephrotoxicity, possibly through mechanism
of action of its antioxidant activity and reduction of oxygen radicals(3).
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References
(1) Antioxidant capacity of calendula officinalis
flowers extract and prevention of radiation induced oropharyngeal
mucositis in patients with head and neck cancers: a randomized
controlled clinical study. by Babaee N,
Moslemi D, Khalilpour M, Vejdani F, Moghadamnia Y, Bijani A, Baradaran
M, Kazemi MT, Khalilpour A, Pouramir M, Moghadamnia AA.(PubMed)
(2) Effect of Calendula officinalis Flower Extract on Acute Phase Proteins, Antioxidant Defense Mechanism and Granuloma Formation During Thermal Burns by Chandran PK, Kuttan R.(PubMed)
(3) Hepato and reno protective action of Calendula officinalis L. flower extract by Preethi KC, Kuttan R.(PubMed)
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