Plant Pelargonium graveolens (Geraniaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Rose Geranium; Scented Geranium

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
1,3-PENTADIENE	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-EPI-GAMMA-EUDESMOL	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
11-NORBOURBONANONE	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
11-SELINEN-4-ALPHA-OL	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-FURFURAL	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HEXANONE	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-3-BUTEN-2-OL	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-3-BUTENAL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-3-PENTANONE	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTANAL-TRANS-2-METHYL-3-BUTENAL	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTANOL	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-PROPANAL	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYLBUTYL-FORMATE	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYLOPROPYL-FORMATE	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PENTANONE	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PROPANOL	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-HEXEN-1-OL	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-2-BUTANONE	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-BUTANOL	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-CYCLO-PENTANONE	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
Peristaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	25	Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer	1	Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Preservative	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Chen, S. J., Wang, M. H., Chen, I. J. 1996. Antiplatelet and Calcium Inhibitory Properties of Eugenol and Sodium Eugenol Acetate. Gen Pharmacol, 27(4): 629-633.
Prostatitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Protisticide	1	Martindale's 29th
Psychoactive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant	1	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Respiraparalytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Rubefacient	3	Duke, 1992 *
Sclerosant	1	Martindale's 29th
Sedative	13	Ortiz de Urbina, A.V., Martin*, M.L., Montero, M.J., Moran, A., and San Roman, L. 1988. Sedating and Antipyretic Activity of the Essential Oil of Calamintha sylvatica subsp. Ascendens. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 25: 165-171, 1989.
Spasmogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Spasmolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide	1	Martindale's 28th
Stomachic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Surfactant	1	Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Teratogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide	4	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.