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
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BOIS-DE-ROSE-OXIDE	0	Essential Oil	1.0	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTANAL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTANE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTANOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALAMENENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID	5	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3-HEXENOL	1	Essential Oil	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-DEHYDROCITRONELLOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ROSE-OXIDE	0	Essential Oil	1.0	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL	53	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLAL	20	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL	15	Plant	21.0	1176.0	2.12	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLYL-ACETATE	2	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLYL-FORMATE	1	Essential Oil	1.0	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLYLDIETHYLAMINE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPAENE	1	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
Hypothermic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Inhalant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insect-Repellent	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	5	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	10	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile	4	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Irritant	18	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.
Juvabional	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Larvicide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	3	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 29th
Mucotropic	1	Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Mutagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *