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Plant 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.
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
COBALT 2 Fruit 0.4 2.3 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 1.8 36.0 1.80 Duke, 1992 *
D-ABSCISSIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-TRISULFIDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EGLANTOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Seed 2000.0 3000.0 -0.51 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EPICATECHIN 40 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FAT 0 Fruit 3553.0 19000.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 80000.0 108000.0 -0.83 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit not available 300000.0 1.49 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Fruit not available 300000.0 2.08 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Fruit not available 440000.0 1.01 Duke, 1992 *
FIXED-OIL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOIDS 0 Fruit 468.0 2500.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE 0 Fruit 0.6 1.5 0.14 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
FRUCTOSE 8 Fruit not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FRUCTOSE 8 Seed not available not available not available 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
Antitumor (Colon) 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Mouth) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 8 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 9 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiulcerogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 14 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th