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Common Names
Rose Geranium; Scented Geranium
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEXYL-FORMATE | 1 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HUMULENE | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOAMYL-ALCOHOL | 3 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOMENTHONE | 3 | Essential Oil | 8.0 | 38.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOOCTANE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOPRENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOPROPYL-FORMATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOPULEGOL | 3 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| JUNENOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| L-CITRONELLOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Essential Oil | 1.0 | 3.0 | -0.74 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL | 0 | Plant | 30.0 | 505.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MENTHOL | 63 | Plant | 2.0 | 1852.0 | 0.74 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MENTHONE | 30 | Essential Oil | 8.0 | 38.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHANOL | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-BUTYRATE | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-FORMATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-HEPTENONE | 0 | Essential Oil | 2.0 | 9.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-HEXYL-CARBINEOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-PENTANOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | 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. |