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
Antitumor (Colon)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	6	Yamahara, J., et al. Stomachic principles in ginger. II. Pungent and anti-ulcer effects of low polar constituents isolated from ginger, the dried rhizoma of... Yakugaku Zasshi 112: 645-655 (1992).
Antivaginitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antivulvitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiyeast	2	Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Ascaricide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Astringent	1	Merck 11th Edition
Barbituate-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardic	1	Martindale's 28th
Bronchomucolytic	1	Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200.
Bronchomucotropic	1	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.
Bronchoprotectant	1	Duke, 1992 *