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Plant Pelargonium graveolens (Geraniaceae)

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 Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MYRCENE 22 Essential Oil 1.0 2.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
NEOISOMENTHOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NERAL 4 Essential Oil 2.0 12.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Essential Oil 1.0 2.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ETHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Plant 2.0 8.0 -0.89 Duke, 1992 *
PROPIONIC-ACID 6 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROPYL-FORMATE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELINA-3,7(11)-DIENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELINA-4(14),7(11)-DIENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TIGLIC-ACID 1 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TOLUENE 1 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-DEHYDROCITRONELLOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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.