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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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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
BETA-THUJONE 5 Plant 11.0 209.0 -0.54 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-THUJONE 5 Shoot 1.0 -0.32 Tucker, A. O. and Maciarello, M. J. 1998. The essential oils of some rosemary cultivars. Flavor and Fragrance Journal, 1: 137-142. 1986.
BETA-TOCOPHEROL 0 Leaf *
BETULIN 13 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETULIN 13 Shoot 12.1 -0.61 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Leaf *
BORNEOL 35 Essential Oil 21000.0 223000.0 1.29 *
BORNEOL 70 Leaf 24.0 -0.45 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.
BORNEOL 35 Leaf Essent. Oil 47000.0 -0.04 *
BORNEOL 35 Plant 12.0 4237.0 3.16 *
BORNEOL 35 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
BORNEOL 35 Shoot 180.0 -0.22 Tucker, A. O. and Maciarello, M. J. 1998. The essential oils of some rosemary cultivars. Flavor and Fragrance Journal, 1: 137-142. 1986.
BORNEOL 35 Shoot 100.0 1020.0 0.59 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.
BORNEOL 35 Shoot 145.0 895.0 0.47 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.
BORNEOL 35 Shoot Essent. Oil 175000.0 1.41 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil 18000.0 266000.0 2.09 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 25000.0 -0.37 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil 16400.0 1.00 *
BORNEOL-FORMATE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil 3200.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *