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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
PECTOLINARIGENIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTANAL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENETHYL-ALCOHOL 6 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUBIXANTHIN 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TARAXANTHIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-BETA-DAMASCENONE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ROSE-OXIDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-TRANS-FARNESOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOPHYLL 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZEAXANTHIN 5 Fruit 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
AntiEBV 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic 3 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 95.
Antielastase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antienterococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifeedant 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigenotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 1 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.