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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.
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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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHENETHYLAMINE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENE 0 Pollen Or Spore 7.0 8.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE 19 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Pollen Or Spore not available 15000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE 60 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ROSE-OXIDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLYL-ACETATE 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIN 5 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAMASCENONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECANAL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Flower 250.0 500.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
ETHANOL 24 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Juvabional 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Larvicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 4 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
MAO-A-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator 1 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Monoaminergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant 3 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
Mucotropic 1 Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Mutagenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 3 Fitoterapia No.61: 254, 1990.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *