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
HEXYL-FORMATE	1	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE	2	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOAMYL-ALCOHOL	3	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOMENTHONE	3	Essential Oil	8.0	38.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ISOOCTANE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOPRENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOPROPYL-FORMATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOPULEGOL	3	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JUNENOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-CITRONELLOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Essential Oil	1.0	3.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Plant	30.0	505.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOL	63	Plant	2.0	1852.0	0.74	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHONE	30	Essential Oil	8.0	38.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
METHANOL	2	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-BUTYRATE	2	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-FORMATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-HEPTENONE	0	Essential Oil	2.0	9.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-HEXYL-CARBINEOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PENTANOL	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
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.