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Plant Geranium thunbergii (Geraniaceae)

Common Names
Gennoshiouko; Oriental Geranium
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
POTASSIUM 14 Plant not available 14900.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-3 2 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PYROGALLOL 23 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Plant not available 58.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Leaf not available 200000.0 1.09 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Plant not available 50000.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
UNDECAACETATE-CORILAGIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Plant not available 28.0 -0.24 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 *
Abortifacient 2 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 7 Duke, 1992 *
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adrenocorticotrophic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 2 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.
Allergenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenovirus 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 1 Duke, 1992 *