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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Rosa canina (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Rose; Dogbrier; Dog Rose
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Fruit *
1,2-EPI-THIOHUMULENE 0 Essential Oil *
3'-EPILUTEIN 0 Anther *
3-(4-8-DIMETHYL-NONA-3-7-DIENYL-THIOPHENE 0 Essential Oil *
3-(4-METHOXY-PENT-3-ENYL)-THIOPHENE 0 Essential Oil *
3-METHYL-2-(3-METHYL-BUT-2-ENYL)-THIOPHENE 0 Essential Oil *
4,5-EPITHIOCARYOPHYLLENE 0 Essential Oil *
4-(4-METHYL-PENT-3-ENYL)1,2-DITHIACYCLOHEX-4-ENE 0 Essential Oil *
4-5-EPI-THIOHUMULENE 0 Essential Oil *
5-6-EPOXYLUTEIN 0 Fruit 2.6 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-MINTSULFIDE 0 Essential Oil *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Fruit 41.0 204.0 2.02 *
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit *
ARABINOSE 0 Seed *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Flower 3000.0 13000.0 3.17 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 1384.0 7400.0 0.18 *
ASH 0 Fruit 12716.0 68000.0 0.29 *
ASH 0 Seed 22000.0 -0.78 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 8.0 42.0 -0.07 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anemiagenic 1 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 *
Anorexic 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Anthelmintic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacne 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 *
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadenovirus 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiadrenalinic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiAGE 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 5 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiallergenic 1 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 4 *
Antialopecic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 6 Martindale's 28th
Antiamblyopic 1 *