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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
METHIONINE-SULFOXIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEROL 10 Flower 15.0 36.0 -0.85 Duke, 1992 *
NONYL-ALDEHYDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ETHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Flower 8.0 32.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ROSATANNIC-ACID 0 Flower 100000.0 240000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN 0 Flower not available 13000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN 0 Leaf not available 85000.0 0.71 Duke, 1992 *
SHISONIN-A 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEAROPTENES 0 Flower 40.0 105.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR 0 Flower 30000.0 140000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS 0 Flower 100000.0 240000.0 0.71 Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WAX 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiaggregant 2 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Antiaging 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergenic 2 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antialopecic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiandrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarachidonate 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 13 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 1 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticancer 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *