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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3-METHYLBUTYL-FORMATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
4-METHYL-2-PENTANONE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
6-OXO-6,7-DIHYDROCITRONELLIC-ACID | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
7-HYDROXY-6,7-DIHYDROGERANIOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
7-HYDROXYDIHYDROCITRONELLOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ACETALDEHYDE | 6 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ACETIC-ACID | 16 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ACETONE | 3 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ALCOHOLS | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-BOURBONENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-CALACORENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Essential Oil | 1.0 | 3.0 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-SANTALENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Essential Oil | 4.0 | 22.0 | -0.77 | Duke, 1992 * |
AR-CURCUMENE | 3 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
BETA-BISABOLENE | 6 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
BETA-BOURBONENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
---|---|---|
Antilymphomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimalarial | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimelanomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimetastatic (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimitotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Antimutagenic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
Antineuralgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antinitrosaminic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antinitrosating | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antinociceptive | 1 | Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990. |
Antiobesity | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiodontalgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Antionychyotic | 1 | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |
Antiotitic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
Antioxidant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiplasmodial | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antipneumonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiproliferant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiprostaglandin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antipruritic | 2 | 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. |