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Plant Rosa centifolia (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Cabbage Rose
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
MAO-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant 1 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mycobactericide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Nematicide 4 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nephrotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th
Neurotoxic 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Paralytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Perfumery 8 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peristaltic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 13 Duke, 1992 *
Pigment 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Chen, S. J., Wang, M. H., Chen, I. J. 1996. Antiplatelet and Calcium Inhibitory Properties of Eugenol and Sodium Eugenol Acetate. Gen Pharmacol, 27(4): 629-633.
Prostatitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sedative 6 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Sequestrant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Sialogogue 1 Martindale's 29th