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

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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
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 *
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List of plant activities.
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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) *