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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
NEROL-OXIDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NERYL-ACETATE 5 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONANOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTANAL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEFIN-C-17 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEFIN-C-18 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEFIN-C-19 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEFIN-C-20 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEFIN-C-21 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PARAFFIN-C-15 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PARAFFIN-C-16 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PARAFFIN-C-17 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PARAFFIN-C-19 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PARAFFIN-C-20 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PARAFFIN-C-21 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PARAFFIN-C-22 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PARAFFIN-C-23 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PARAFFIN-C-24 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PARAFFIN-C-25 0 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
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)