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Plant Rosa spp (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Rose Hips
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
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 1000.0 12500.0 0.49 Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENOIDS 0 Fruit 100.0 500.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
CATECHINS 1 Fruit 8000.0 9100.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOIDS 0 Fruit 100.0 3500.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOANTHOCYANINS 0 Fruit 13500.0 17500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PECTINS 0 Fruit 34000.0 46000.0 1.19 Duke, 1992 *
POLYPHENOLS 30 Fruit 20200.0 26400.0 0.80 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TILIROSIDE 3 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
Hemostat 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 1 Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990.
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypocholesterolemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 2 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypotensive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant 1 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
Immunosuppressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insectiphile 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Juvabional 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Larvistat 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.