Plant Rosa canina (Rosaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Rose; Dogbrier; Dog Rose

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(+)-CATECHIN	30	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,2-EPI-THIOHUMULENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3'-EPILUTEIN	0	Anther	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-(4-8-DIMETHYL-NONA-3-7-DIENYL-THIOPHENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-(4-METHOXY-PENT-3-ENYL)-THIOPHENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-2-(3-METHYL-BUT-2-ENYL)-THIOPHENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4,5-EPITHIOCARYOPHYLLENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-(4-METHYL-PENT-3-ENYL)1,2-DITHIACYCLOHEX-4-ENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-5-EPI-THIOHUMULENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-6-EPOXYLUTEIN	0	Fruit	not available	2.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Seed	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-MINTSULFIDE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Fruit	41.0	204.0	2.02	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Flower	3000.0	13000.0	3.17	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	1384.0	7400.0	0.18	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	12716.0	68000.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	not available	22000.0	-0.78	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	8.0	42.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	7	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Additive	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	7	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic	3	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	4	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).