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Plant Cymbopogon martinii (Poaceae)

Common Names
Palmarosa; Rosha Grass
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
TRANS-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Plant 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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiinflammatory 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antiobesity 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiproliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 3 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antispasmodic 3 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antitubercular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 2 Yu, S.G., Anderson, P.J., and Elson, C.E. 1995. Efficacy of B-Ionone in the Chemoprevention of Rat Mammary Carcinogenesis. J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2144-2147.
Antitumor (Breast) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 2 Duke, 1992 *