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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
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BOIS-DE-ROSE-OXIDE 0 Essential Oil 1.0 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTANAL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTANE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTANOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALAMENENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3-HEXENOL 1 Essential Oil not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-DEHYDROCITRONELLOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ROSE-OXIDE 0 Essential Oil 1.0 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL 53 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLAL 20 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Plant 21.0 1176.0 2.12 Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLYL-ACETATE 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLYL-FORMATE 1 Essential Oil 1.0 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLYLDIETHYLAMINE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPAENE 1 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
Antipyretic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirhinoviral 2 Denyer, C.V., Jackson, P., Loakes, D.M., Ellis, M.R., and Yound, D.A.B. Isolation of Antirhinoviral Sesquiterpenes From Ginger (Zingiber officinale). Journal of Natural Products, 57(5): 658-662, 1994.
Antisalmonella 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 15 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antishock 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisinusitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antispasmodic 12 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antistaphylococcic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyncopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitartar 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithromboxane 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
AntiTNF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitubercular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 5 Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Breast) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.