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Common Names
Rose Hips
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| NO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Synthase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Odontolytic | 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. |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inducer | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| Pesticide | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PGE2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phospholipase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Plasmodicide | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Preservative | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Proliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Ibewuike, J. C., Ogungbamila, F. O., Ogundaini, A. O., Okeke, I. N., Bohlin, L. 1997. Antiinflammatory and Antibacterial Activities of C-methylflavonol from Piliostigma thonningii. Phytotherapy Research, 11(4): 281-284. |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 1 | Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14. |
| Protisticide | 1 | Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105. |
| Psychotropic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 1 | Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216. |
| Refrigerant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Sialogogue | 1 | Martindale's 29th |