CALENDULA:

Plant name: Calendula officinalis L. 

  

Active constituents: triterpenoids, lutein, Beta Carotene, and Lycopene 

  

Medicinal properties: 

• C. officinalis triterpenoids are considered as the most important anti-inflammatory principles of the extract  
• Widely used in traditional medicines as an anti-inflammatory agent and has been reported to have anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, and anti-viral activities 
• Lutein possess chemopreventive potential 
• B-carotene has been reported to quench reactive oxygen species 
• Lycopene reduces transcript levels of proinflammatory cytokines.  

Anti-inflammatory activity through free radical scavenging and inhibition of mediators of inflammation especially cytokines and prostaglandins