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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
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
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 *