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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 * |