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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Rosmarinus officinalis (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Rosemary
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Shoot 3.0 200.0 0.34 Bandoni, A.L., Mizrahi, I., and Juarez, M.A. 1991. The Essential Oil of Rosmarinus officinalis Growing in Argentina. J. Ess. Oil Res., 3: 11.
BETA-FENCHENE 0 Plant *
BETA-GURJUNENE 0 Leaf 0.0 -0.46 Soliman, F.M., El-Kashoury, M.M., Fathy, M.M. and Gonaid, M.H. 1994. Analysis and Biological Activity of the Essential Oil of Rosmarinus officinalis L. from Egypt. Flavour and Fragrance J. 9: 29-33.
BETA-GURJUNENE 0 Leaf 0.5 -0.46 Soliman, F.M., El-Kashoury, M.M., Fathy, M.M. and Gonaid, M.H. 1994. Analysis and Biological Activity of the Essential Oil of Rosmarinus officinalis L. from Egypt. Flavour and Fragrance J. 9: 29-33.
BETA-OCIMENE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Leaf Essent. Oil *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Plant *
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil 34000.0 85000.0 1.16 *
BETA-PINENE 26 Leaf 17.0 -0.40 Soliman, F.M., El-Kashoury, M.M., Fathy, M.M. and Gonaid, M.H. 1994. Analysis and Biological Activity of the Essential Oil of Rosmarinus officinalis L. from Egypt. Flavour and Fragrance J. 9: 29-33.
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil 21000.0 -0.01 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant 17.0 1425.0 1.10 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
BETA-PINENE 13 Shoot 285.0 -0.10 Tucker, A. O. and Maciarello, M. J. 1998. The essential oils of some rosemary cultivars. Flavor and Fragrance Journal, 1: 137-142. 1986.
BETA-PINENE 13 Shoot 75.0 200.0 -0.11 Soriano Cano, M.C., Sotomayor Sanchez, J.A., Sanchez Gomez, P. and Garcia Vallejo, M.C. 1993. Essential Oils of the Rosmarinus eriocalyx-tomentosus Complex in Southeast Spain. J. Ess. Oil Res. 5: 243-246.
BETA-PINENE 13 Shoot 135.0 530.0 -0.08 Soriano Cano, M.C., Sotomayor Sanchez, J.A., Sanchez Gomez, P. and Garcia Vallejo, M.C. 1993. Essential Oils of the Rosmarinus eriocalyx-tomentosus Complex in Southeast Spain. J. Ess. Oil Res. 5: 243-246.
BETA-PINENE 13 Shoot Essent. Oil 4400.0 -0.41 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant 520.0 550.0 0.02 *
BETA-THUJENE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
BETA-THUJONE 10 Leaf 13.0 -0.58 Soliman, F.M., El-Kashoury, M.M., Fathy, M.M. and Gonaid, M.H. 1994. Analysis and Biological Activity of the Essential Oil of Rosmarinus officinalis L. from Egypt. Flavour and Fragrance J. 9: 29-33.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticataract 11 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticatarrh 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticephalagic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 *
AntiCFS 2 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholestatic 1 Shukla, B., Visen, P.K.S., Patnaik, G.K., Tripathi, S.C., Srimal, R.C., Dayal, R., and Dobhal, P.C. Hepatoprotective Activity in the Rat of Ursolic Acid Isolated from Eucalyptus Hybrid. Phytotherapy Research 6: 74-79, 1992.
Anticholinesterase 3 *
Anticholinesterase? 1 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticlastogen 1 *
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 3 *
Anticoagulant 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 *
Anticolic 1 *
Anticolitic 2 *
Anticomplement 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anticomplementary 3 *