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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
QUERCETIN-3-O-RHAMNOSIDE 1 Leaf not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Leaf not available 50.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 1.4 7.2 0.47 Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Fruit 10.0 25.0 0.45 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
RUBIXANTHIN 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Fruit 0.4 2.1 0.13 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 8602.0 46000.0 4.18 Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Fruit 33660.0 180000.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 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.
SUCROSE 14 Fruit 6000.0 32100.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS 0 Fruit 28050.0 150000.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Fruit 400.0 1000.0 -0.29 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Fruit 3740.0 20000.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS 0 Leaf 100000.0 260000.0 2.13 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TARAXAXANTHIN 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.
THIAMIN 31 Fruit not available 3.8 -0.20 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMINE 0 Fruit 0.7 3.8 0.16 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
Cytotoxic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Demulcent 2 Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Depressant 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.
Dermatitigenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diagnostic 1 Martindale's 28th
Diaphoretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 9 Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 3 Merck 11th Edition
Emollient 1 Martindale's 29th
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.