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Plant Pelargonium graveolens (Geraniaceae)

Common Names
Rose Geranium; Scented 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
3-METHYLBUTYL-FORMATE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-2-PENTANONE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-OXO-6,7-DIHYDROCITRONELLIC-ACID 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-HYDROXY-6,7-DIHYDROGERANIOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-HYDROXYDIHYDROCITRONELLOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETONE 3 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALCOHOLS 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BOURBONENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CALACORENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil 1.0 3.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SANTALENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Essential Oil 4.0 22.0 -0.77 Duke, 1992 *
AR-CURCUMENE 3 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BOURBONENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Essential Oil 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
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 3 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianaphylactic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarachidonate 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 3 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillus 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 21 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibronchitic 2 Martindale's 28th
Anticancer 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 4 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticonvulsant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidandruff 1 A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidermatitic 1 Duke, 1992 *