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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
BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Fruit 17.5 -1.00 *
BETULIN 13 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BICYCLO-(4-1-0)-HEPT-5-EN-2-ONE-4-6-DICARBOXYLIC-ACID 0 Seed *
BORON 4 Fruit 8.0 22.0 -0.36 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
BROMINE 0 Fruit 2.0 5.0 -0.29 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
BUTYL-METHYLSULFIDE 0 Essential Oil *
CADMIUM 3 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.42 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Stem *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Tissue Culture *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 1515.0 8100.0 0.98 *
CAPRIC-ACID 3 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 145673.0 779000.0 -0.02 *
CAROTENE 0 Fruit *
CATECHIN 43 Fruit Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CATECHIN-TANNINS 0 Root 15000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CHLORINE 7 Fruit 313.0 -0.48 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit 0.3 1.8 -0.25 *
CIS-VIOLAXANTHIN 0 Fruit 1.8 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit 15000.0 -0.41 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CITRIC-ACID 23 Seed *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Insulin-Sparing 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinogenic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-1-alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
Interleukin-6-mRNA-Inhibitor 1 *
Irritant 4 *
Keratitigenic 1 *
Keratolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Laxative 6 *
Laxative? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic 1 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
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 *
Lipotropic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 5 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Lithogenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 *