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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
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 *