Common Names
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(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 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
---|---|---|
Hypothermic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Insecticide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Insectifuge | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Insectiphile | 2 | J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986. |
Irritant | 5 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Larvicide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Mosquitofuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Motor-Depressant | 1 | 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 |
Mutagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Mycobactericide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Nematicide | 5 | Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183. |
P450-2B1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Perfumery | 8 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
Pesticide | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
Prooxidant | 1 | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
Psychoactive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Renoirritant | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
Sedative | 6 | Ortiz de Urbina, A.V., Martin*, M.L., Montero, M.J., Moran, A., and San Roman, L. 1988. Sedating and Antipyretic Activity of the Essential Oil of Calamintha sylvatica subsp. Ascendens. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 25: 165-171, 1989. |
Spasmogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Spasmolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |