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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 *
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
Antiperiodontal 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antipharyngitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antipodriac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproteolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiradicular 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.