Plant Pelargonium graveolens (Geraniaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (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.