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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Rosa gallica (Rosaceae)

Common Names
French Rose
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 5450.0 8470.0 0.24 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Flower 16.0 17.0 -0.36 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Flower *
CITRAL 53 Flower *
CITRONELLOL 15 Flower *
CYANIN 5 Flower *
EO 0 Flower 270.0 360.0 -0.41 *
EUGENOL 76 Flower 2.0 4.0 -0.38 *
FARNESOL 17 Flower *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Flower *
GALLICOSIDES 0 Flower *
GERANIC-ACID 0 Essential Oil *
GERANIOL 35 Flower 100.0 275.0 -0.46 *
GERANIOL-ALDEHYDE 0 Essential Oil *
INOSITOL 8 Flower *
L-CITRONELLOL 0 Flower 40.0 130.0 *
L-LINALOL 0 Flower *
MALIC-ACID 15 Flower *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Acaricide 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Acidifier 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Additive 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) Terashima, S., Shimizu, M., Nakayama, H., Ishikura, M., et al. 1990. Studies on Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Medicinal Plant of 'Sinfito,' Potentilla candicans, and Further Synthesis of Their Related Compounds. Chem. Pharm. Bull 38(10):2733-2736, 1990
Allelochemic 1 (View) *
Allergenic 9 (View) *
Analgesic 4 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic 1 (View) Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 (View) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antiacne 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiadenomic 2 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenovirus 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
AntiAGE 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95