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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hepatotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 1 Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195.
Histamine-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypocholesterolemic 15 Choi, J.S., Yokozawa,* T., and Oura, H. Antihyperlipidemic Effect Of Flavonoids From Prunus davidiana. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 218-224, 1991.
Hypoglycemic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 10 Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 9 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 11 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Immunosuppressant 6 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 6 Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Insectifuge? 1 Martindale's 28th
Insectiphile 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.