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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
TRIMETHYLALKANE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Leaf 510.0 1580.0 -1.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Leaf 1000.0 3100.0 -1.36 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Leaf 28000.0 192000.0 3.92 *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Plant 28000.0 41000.0 1.16 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Shoot 20.0 -0.73 *
VALINE 3 Leaf 1650.0 5120.0 -2.12 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VANILLIC-ACID-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
VERBENOL 0 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
VERBENONE 5 Essential Oil 6000.0 1.00 *
VERBENONE 10 Leaf 175.0 0.53 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.
VERBENONE 5 Plant 0.1 905.0 1.33 *
VERBENONE 5 Shoot 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.
VERBENONE 5 Shoot 0.1 -0.26 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.
VERBENONE 5 Shoot 155.0 905.0 1.05 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.
VIT-B-6 0 Leaf 3.4 10.0 -0.51 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER 0 Plant 77900.0 677700.0 -0.40 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ZINC 77 Leaf 9.0 38.0 -0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ZINC 77 Plant 30.0 38.0 -0.14 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ZINGIBERENE 6 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiencephalopathic 7 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 *
Antienteritic 1 *
Antienterotic 1 *
Antiepileptic 5 *
Antiescherichic 4 *
Antiesophagitic 1 *
Antiestrogenic 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antifatigue 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 15 *
Antifertility 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 *
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antifibrotic 2 *
Antiflu 7 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 2 *