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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
SAPONIN 0 Flower not available 13000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN 0 Leaf not available 85000.0 0.71 Duke, 1992 *
SHISONIN-A 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEAROPTENES 0 Essential Oil 300.0 460.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS 0 Flower 100000.0 240000.0 0.71 Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WAX 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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.