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
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 *