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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
DECYL-ALDEHYDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-SULFIDE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant 800.0 4000.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
EPOXYLINALOL 0 Essential Oil 1.0 4.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ESTERS 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHANOL 24 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID 13 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FURAN 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FURAPELAGONE-A 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FURAPELAGONE-B 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-MUUROLENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL 13 Essential Oil 2.0 12.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL 35 Plant 2.0 1400.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-TIGLATE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERMACRATRIENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUAIA-6,9-DIENE 0 Plant 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
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tranquilizer 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 5 Duke, 1992 *
Tremorilytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 6 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Trypanocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Ulcerogenic 3 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Varroacide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vibriocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 1 Duke, 1992 *