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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
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 *
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
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide 1 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Ascaricide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Autotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bacteriostatic 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchoprotectant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bruchifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 14 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 8 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Candidistat 2 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 3 Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu
Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardioprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *