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Plant Rosa centifolia (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Cabbage Rose
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHENETHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL 53 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Essential Oil not available 1200.0 -0.79 Duke, 1992 *
CYANIN 5 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Flower not available 2000.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIC-ACID 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL 35 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-ALDEHYDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-LINALOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE-SULFOXIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEROL 10 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Flower 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
Acaricide 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Acidifier 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Terashima, S., Shimizu, M., Nakayama, H., Ishikura, M., et al. 1990. Studies on Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Medicinal Plant of 'Sinfito,' Potentilla candicans, and Further Synthesis of Their Related Compounds. Chem. Pharm. Bull 38(10):2733-2736, 1990
Allelochemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 3 Merck 11th Edition
Anesthetic 1 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Anthelmintic 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antiacne 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenovirus 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaggregant 1 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Antiallergenic 2 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antianaphylactic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarachidonate 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 1 Watt, J.M., and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. 1962.