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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DECYL-ALDEHYDE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIMETHYL-SULFIDE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Plant | 800.0 | 4000.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPOXYLINALOL | 0 | Essential Oil | 1.0 | 4.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESTERS | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHANOL | 24 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FORMIC-ACID | 13 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURAN | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURAPELAGONE-A | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURAPELAGONE-B | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-CADINENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIAL | 13 | Essential Oil | 2.0 | 12.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Plant | 2.0 | 1400.0 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANYL-ACETATE | 5 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANYL-TIGLATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERMACRATRIENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GUAIA-6,9-DIENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Bronchorelaxant | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Bronchorrheic | 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. |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cancer-Preventive | 6 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candidicide | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Candidistat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Carcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Carcinogenic? | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Carminative | 3 | 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. |
| Caspase-3-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cerebrotoxic | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 24. |
| Chemopreventive | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Choleretic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cholesterolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cicatrizant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ciliotoxic | 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. |
| CNS-Depressant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNS-Stimulant | 3 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| CNS-Toxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Coleoptophile | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |