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

Plant Rosa spp (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Rose Hips
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
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 1000.0 12500.0 0.49 *
CAROTENOIDS 0 Fruit 100.0 500.0 -0.39 *
CATECHINS 1 Fruit 8000.0 9100.0 -1.00 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit *
FLAVONOIDS 0 Fruit 100.0 3500.0 -0.63 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Fruit *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Fruit *
LEUCOANTHOCYANINS 0 Fruit 13500.0 17500.0 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit *
PECTINS 0 Fruit 34000.0 46000.0 1.19 *
POLYPHENOLS 30 Fruit 20200.0 26400.0 0.80 *
QUERCETIN 176 Fruit *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit *
SUCROSE 14 Fruit *
TILIROSIDE 3 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Sweetener 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Teratologic 1 (View) *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Triglycerigenic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tumorigenic 1 (View) Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Uricogenic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Vasodilator 2 (View) *
VEGF-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Vulnerary 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.