Plant Pelargonium roseum (Geraniaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

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
(E)-ROSE-OXIDE	0	Shoot	not available	36.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-LINALOOL-OXIDE	0	Shoot	not available	54.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-ROSE-OXIDE	0	Shoot	not available	126.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Shoot	not available	126.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Shoot	not available	18.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL	15	Shoot	not available	4050.0	0.14	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLYL-FORMATE	1	Shoot	not available	1548.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Shoot	not available	18000.0	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL	13	Shoot	not available	252.0	0.04	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Shoot	not available	3276.0	1.54	Duke, 1992 *
GERANOIC-ACID	0	Shoot	not available	18.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-FORMATE	2	Shoot	not available	1152.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-TIGLATE	0	Shoot	not available	180.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ISOMENTHONE	3	Shoot	not available	1188.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Shoot	not available	1962.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHONE	30	Shoot	not available	612.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
NERAL	4	Shoot	not available	18.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL	10	Shoot	not available	216.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Shoot	not available	1080.0	0.28	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
Antiseptic	8	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antishock	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antispasmodic	7	Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antistaphylococcic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitubercular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	1	Yu, S.G., Anderson, P.J., and Elson, C.E. 1995. Efficacy of B-Ionone in the Chemoprevention of Rat Mammary Carcinogenesis. J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2144-2147.
Antitumor (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	1	Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Antiulcer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antiyeast	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ascaricide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Bacteriostatic	1	Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Barbituate-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Cancer-Preventive	4	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	4	Duke, 1992 *