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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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BREVIFOLIN 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Plant not available 16900.0 0.35 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Plant not available 23.0 0.99 Duke, 1992 *
CORILAGIN 13 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELAEOCARPUSIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGITANNIN 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHER-CORILAGIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIIN 21 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Plant not available 400.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFERITRIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Plant not available 1660.0 -0.75 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Plant not available 49.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
MONORHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONAMETHYL-CORILAGIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTAGALLOYL-GLUCOSE 8 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLANTHUSIN-D 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available 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
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Litholytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mucogenic 1 Li, K.M. Effect of zinc sulphate on acetic acid-induced gastric ulceration in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 657-659, 1990.
Mutagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic 3 Martindale's 29th
Neuroprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotransmitter 1 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Nigrifacient 1 Martindale's 29th