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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Geranium maculatum (Geraniaceae)

Common Names
Cranesbill
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Plant *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Root *
GUM 0 Plant *
RESIN 0 Plant *
TANNINS 0 Root 100000.0 280000.0 1.52 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
ACE-Inhibitor 1 *
Analgesic 1 *
Antiadenovirus 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiallergenic 1 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antianaphylactic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiangiogenic 1 *
Antiasthmatic 1 Watt, J.M., and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. 1962.
Antibacterial 1 *
Antibronchitic 1 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticancer 1 *
Anticarcinomic 1 *
Antiescherichic 1 *
Antifibrinolytic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antiflu 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antihepatotoxic 1 Okuda, T., Yoshida, T., and Hatano, T. Antioxidant Effects of Tannins and Related Polyphenols. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.7 p.93.
Antiherpetic 1 *
AntiHIV 1 *
Antiinflammatory 1 Kroes, B.H., et al. 1991. Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Gallic Acid. Planta Medica, 58(6): 499.
Antileishmanic 1 *
AntiMRSA 1 *