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Plant Pelargonium roseum (Geraniaceae)

Common Names
Scented Geranium
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Candidistat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Carminative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrotoxic 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 24.
Chemopreventive 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant 1 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Coleoptophile 1 Duke, 1992 *
Culicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Embryotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-97.
Estrogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant 3 Michael Castleman 1991. The Healing Herbs. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 436 pp.
FLavor 9 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 6 HerbalGram No. 17.
GABA-nergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 5 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.
Hypnotic 1 Duke, 1992 *