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Plant Rosa damascena (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Damask 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
GERANIAL 13 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL 35 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-PROPIONATE 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERMACRENE-D 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTANAL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTANOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOL 3 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXYL-ACETATE 1 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-GALACTOPYRANOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPENE 16 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-EUGENOL 20 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-HEPTENONE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NERAL 4 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEROL 10 Essential Oil 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
Cardiotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Carminative 2 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 4 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 5 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Cholesterolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chronotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Circulatory-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic 1 Friedman, M. and Dao, L. 1990. Effect of Autoclaving and Conventional and Microwave Baking on the Ergot Alkaloid and Chlorogenic Acid Contents of Morning Glory (Ipomoea tricolor Cav. cv.) Heavenly Blue Seeds. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 805-808.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 4 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
CNS-Stimulant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Coleoptophile 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing 1 Duke, 1992 *
Colorant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COMT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Copper-Chelator 2 Duke, 1992 *
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *