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Plant Rosa damascena (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Damask Rose
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
3-HEXENAL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHENETHYLAMINE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENE 0 Pollen Or Spore 7.0 8.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE 19 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Pollen Or Spore not available 15000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE 60 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ROSE-OXIDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLYL-ACETATE 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIN 5 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAMASCENONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECANAL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Flower 250.0 500.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
ETHANOL 24 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 3 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Adrenergic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allelochemic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 2 Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic 14 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anhydrotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 2 Duke, 1992 *