Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Rosa damascena (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Damask Rose
How this plant is used
Medicinal

Select a Results View:

View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
Download these results as:
CSV
XLSX
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
3-HEXENAL 0 Essential Oil *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Essential Oil *
BETA-PHENETHYLAMINE 1 Plant *
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
CAMPHENE 9 Essential Oil *
CAROTENE 0 Pollen Or Spore 7.0 8.0 *
CARVONE 19 Essential Oil *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Pollen Or Spore 15000.0 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE 60 Essential Oil *
CIS-ROSE-OXIDE 0 Essential Oil *
CITRONELLOL 15 Essential Oil *
CITRONELLYL-ACETATE 2 Essential Oil *
CYANIN 5 Flower *
DAMASCENONE 0 Plant *
DECANAL 0 Essential Oil *
EO 0 Flower 250.0 500.0 -0.41 *
ETHANOL 24 Essential Oil *
EUGENOL 76 Essential Oil *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
Download these results as:
CSV
XLSX
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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Acaricide 3 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Adrenergic 1 (View) Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 (View) Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allelochemic 5 (View) *
Allelopathic 2 (View) Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic 14 (View) *
Analgesic 4 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 5 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Anhydrotic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 (View) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 3 (View) *
Antiacne 2 (View) *