Marigold, Tagetes

Tyczkowski, J.K. and Hamilton, P.B., Preparation of purified lutein and its diesters from extracts of marigold (Tagetes erecta). Poultry ScL, 70, 651, 1991. 

There is some evidence to show that the strong scent of French marigolds (Tagetes patula) may keep aphids out of a greenhouse. 

Most hardy annuals and many half-hardy annuals, particularly the large-seeded ones such as French marigolds (Tagetes) and nasturtiums, are easy and cheap to grow from seed. 

MAPLE, sugar (A- saccharum Marsh) MARIGOLD (Tagetes patula L.)... 

Hadden WL, Watkins RH, Levy LW, Regalado E, Rivadeneira DM, van Breemen RB and Schwartz SJ, Carotenoid composition of marigold (Tagetes erecta) flower extract used as nutritional supplement. J Agric Food Chem 41 4189-4194 (1999). 

Marigold Tagetes spp. Tyler, 1938 Steiner, 1941 Uhlenbroek and Bijloo, 1958,1959 Good et al., 1965... 

Ploeg, A.T. Greenhouse studies on the effect of marigolds (Tagetes spp.) on four Meloidogyne species. J Nematol 1999 31 62-69. 

Sturz, A.V., Kimpinski, J. Endoroot bacteria derived from marigolds (Tagetes spp.) can decrease soil population densities of root-lesion nematodes in the potato root zone. Plant Soil 2004 262 241-249. 

Hadden, W.L. Watkins, R.H. Levy, L.W. Regalado, E. Rivadeneira, D.M. van Breemen, R.B. Sehwartz, S.J. 1999. Carotenoid eomposition of marigold (Tagetes erecta) flower extraet used as nutritional supplement. J. Agrie. Food Chem. 47 4189-4194. 

Properties Extracted from the dried ground flower petals of the Aztec marigold Tagetes erecta L. Mp 53.5—55.0°. A permissible food additive used to increase the yellow color of the skin and eggs of poultry. 

Other phytochemicals which exhibit JH activity include juvadecene (1-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyI)-fraws-3-decene) isolated from roots of the pepper-tree, Macropiper excelsum Miq. [110], thujic acid (5,5-dimethyl-1,3,6-cycloheptatrien-l-carboxylic acid) extracted from the heartwood of western red cedar, Thujaplicata [111] andtagetone((E)-2,6-dimethyl-5,7-octadien-4-one) from the marigold, Tagetes minuta L. [112], There have been numerous reports of juvenoid activity of plant extracts (Table 5) however, to our knowledge, the compound(s) responsible for this activity have not been isolated and characterized. 

Whole plant Marigold Tagetes minuta L. D. koenigii 5th larval instars Topical +++ 112... 

A diverse array of sources and preparative procedures are available to obtain organic carotenoids. - Lutein may be extracted from the petals of the Mexican marigold (Tagetes erecta) (Fig. 7.32). [69] Since xanthophyils occur in Nature mostly as esters, and while the free alcohol form is advantageous for many applications, the extraction process with a hydrocarbon is often followed by a hydrolytic step. [63]... 

Definition Hexane extract of the flower petals of the Aztec marigold, Tagetes erecta Properties M.p. 53.5-55 C acid no. 0.6-1.2 iodine no. 132-145 sapon. no. 175-200 Uses Yellow colorant for chicken feed to enhance color of poultry skin and eggs natural flavoring agent in foods botanical, skin conditioner in cosmetics Use Level 0.05% max. in skin cosmetics likely to be exposed to sunlight... 

Fig. 3. GC-FID chromatogram of marigold (Tagetes patula L.) leaf cuticular waxes obtained on an RTX-5 capillary column with a temperature programme from 180 °C to 320 °C at 4 °C/min. (1) 1-Docosanol (2) 1-tetracosanol coeluted with n-heptacosane (3) tetracosanoic acid methyl ester (4) n-nonacosane (5) 1-hexacosanol (6) hexacosanoic acid methyl ester (7) n-triacontane (8) n-hentriacontane (9) 1-octacosanol (10) n-tritriacontane ...

Infection of the African marigold, Tagetes erecta, with highly pathogenic fungi results in a general decrease in thio-... 

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