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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
Estrogenic 1 *
Expectorant 1 Martindale's 28th
Fibrinolytic 1 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Flatugenic 1 Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
FLavor 5 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Floral-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fungicide 12 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Fungistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Gastroprotective 1 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 *
Glutathione-Depleting 1 *
Gram(+)icide 1 *
Gram(-)icide 1 *
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemopoietic 1 *
Hemostat 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 *
Hepatoprotective 11 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hepatotonic 1 *