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Common Names
Damask Rose
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Peristaltic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pesticide | 28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PGE2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pheromone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phospholipase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Photosensitizer | 1 | Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp. |
| Pigment | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Plasmodicide | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Proliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prooxidant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 2 | Chen, S. J., Wang, M. H., Chen, I. J. 1996. Antiplatelet and Calcium Inhibitory Properties of Eugenol and Sodium Eugenol Acetate. Gen Pharmacol, 27(4): 629-633. |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 1 | Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14. |
| Protisticide | 1 | Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105. |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pyrogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Renoirritant | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Rubefacient | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Sclerosant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Sedative | 12 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |