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Plant Rosa damascena (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Damask 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
PECTOLINARIGENIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTANAL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENETHYL-ALCOHOL 6 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUBIXANTHIN 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TARAXANTHIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-BETA-DAMASCENONE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ROSE-OXIDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-TRANS-FARNESOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOPHYLL 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZEAXANTHIN 5 Fruit 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
COX-2-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Activator 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytotoxic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Dermatitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant 2 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Embryotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Estrogenic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant 5 Duke, 1992 *
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.