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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
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
Antidote 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiEBV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiedemic 2 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antiescherichic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigliomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic 1 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihelicobacter 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 3 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
AntiHIV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 9 Martindale's 28th
Antikeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilisteria 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 1 Duke, 1992 *