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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
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 *
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
Spasmogenic 3 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spasmolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Sprout-Inhibitor 1 Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication.
Sunscreen 1 Duke, 1992 *
Surfactant 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.
Sweetener 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Teratogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Teratologic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide 4 Duke, 1992 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 2 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2 Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Tranquilizer 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 3 Duke, 1992 *
Tremorilytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 5 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.