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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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. |