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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
1,3-PENTADIENE	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-EPI-GAMMA-EUDESMOL	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
11-NORBOURBONANONE	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
11-SELINEN-4-ALPHA-OL	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-FURFURAL	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HEXANONE	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-3-BUTEN-2-OL	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-3-BUTENAL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-3-PENTANONE	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTANAL-TRANS-2-METHYL-3-BUTENAL	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTANOL	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-PROPANAL	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYLBUTYL-FORMATE	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYLOPROPYL-FORMATE	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PENTANONE	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PROPANOL	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-HEXEN-1-OL	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-2-BUTANONE	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-BUTANOL	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-CYCLO-PENTANONE	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
Estrogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant	8	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.
FLavor	25	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	17	Duke, 1992 *
Fungiphilic	1	J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Fungitoxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Gastroprotective	1	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Gastrosedative	1	Merck 11th Edition
Glaucomagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
GST-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	1	Martindale's 29th
Herbicide	9	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Histaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypertensive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypnotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hypocalcemic	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Hypotensive	1	Duke, 1992 *