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Rosa damascena Mill.


Botanical Name	:	Rosa damascena Mill.
English Name	:	Persian Rose
Synonym(s)	:	Rosa centifolia
Family	:	Rosaceae

General Info

Description

An erect shrub, up to 2 m high. Branches long, arching, with large hooked prickles; leaves pinnate, leaflets 3-7, petioles prickly; flowers many in a corymb, double, red, pink or white, on slender glandular-hispid and prickly pedicels, sweet-scented; fruit ovoid or obovate, bristly, bright red and pulpy.

Herb Effects

Bitter, astringent, sweet, cooling emollient aromatic, cardiotonic, anti-inflammatory, expectorant, digestive, carminative, aphrodisiac, depurative, febrifuge, intellect promoting styptic (flowers)

Links

Rose

Chemistry

Active Ingredients

Alpha-pinene, benzaldehyde, beta-pinene, camphene, carvone, cinnamaldehyde, citronellol, ethanol, eugenol, geranial, geraniol, heneicosane, limonene, methyl-eugenol, myrcene, neral, nerol, nonadecane, phenylethyl alcohol, terpinen-4-ol, (oil); beta-sitosterol, kaempferol (plant); chlorogenic acid (pollen); lycopene, xanthophyll, zeaxanthin (fruit); quercetin, quercitrin (flower)

Chemistry of Active Ingredients

Name

CAS#

IUPAC Name

Formula

Structure

Citronellol

26489-01-0

3,7-dimethyloct-6-en
-1-ol

C₁₀H₂₀O

Geraniol

8007-13-4

3,7-dimethylocta-2,6
-dien-1-ol

C₁₀H₁₈O

Nonadecane

Not Available

nonadecane

C₁₉H₄₀

Heneicosane

629-94-7

henicosane

C₂₁H₄₄

Phenylethyl alcohol

Not Available

2-phenylethanol

C₈H₁₀O

alpha-Pinene

80-56-8

2,7,7-trimethylbicyc
lo[3.1.1]hept-2-ene

C₁₀H₁₆

Benzaldehyde

100-52-7

benzaldehyde

C₇H₆O

beta-Pinene

23089-32-9

6,6-dimethyl-2-methy
lidene-norpinane

C₁₀H₁₆

Camphene

5794-04-7

2,2-dimethyl-3-methy
lidene-norbornane

C₁₀H₁₆

Carvone

53763-73-8

2-methyl-5-prop-1-en
-2-yl-cyclohex-2-en-
1-one

C₁₀H₁₄O

Cinnamaldehyde

Not Available

3-phenylprop-2-enal

C₉H₈O

Ethanol

8024-45-1

ethanol

C₂H₆O

Eugenol

97-53-0

2-methoxy-4-prop-2-e
nyl-phenol

C₁₀H₁₂O₂

Geranial

141-27-5

3,7-dimethylocta-2,6
-dienal

C₁₀H₁₆O

Limonene

9003-73-0

1-methyl-4-prop-1-en
-2-yl-cyclohexene

C₁₀H₁₆

Myrcene

2153-31-3

7-methyl-3-methylide
ne-octa-1,6-diene

C₁₀H₁₆

Neral

96680-15-8

(2E)-3,7-dimethyloct
a-2,6-dienal

C₁₀H₁₆O

Nerol

106-24-1

3,7-dimethylocta-2,6
-dien-1-ol

C₁₀H₁₈O

Nonadecane

Not Available

nonadecane

C₁₉H₄₀

Terpinen-4-ol

Not Available

1-methyl-4-propan-2-
yl-cyclohex-3-en-1-o
l

C₁₀H₁₈O

Beta-Sitosterol

5779-62-4

17-(5-ethyl-6-methyl
-heptan-2-yl)-10,13-
dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9
,11,12,14, 15,16,17
-dodecahydro-1H-cycl
openta[a]phenanthren
-3-ol

C₂₉H₅₀O

Kaempferol

80714-53-0

3-[3-[4,5-dihydroxy-
6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-
[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
(hydroxyme thyl)oxa
n-2-yl]oxy-oxan-2-yl
]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6
-(hydroxymethyl)oxan
-2 -yl]oxy-4,5-dihy
droxy-2-(4-hydroxyph
enyl)-chromen-7-one

C₃₃H₄₀O₂₁

Chlorogenic acid

327-97-9

3-[3-(3,4-dihydroxyp
henyl)prop-2-enoylox
y]-1,4,5-trihydroxy-
cyclohexan e-1-carb
oxylic acid

C₁₆H₁₈O₉

Lycopene

Not Available

2,6,10,14,19,23,27,3
1-octamethyldotriaco
nta-2,6,8,10,12,14,1
6,18,20,22 ,24,26,3
0-tridecaene

C₄₀H₅₆

Xanthophyll

34445-91-5

4-[18-(4-hydroxy-2,6
,6-trimethyl-1-cyclo
hexenyl)-3,7,12,16-t
etramethyl -octadec
a-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15
,17-nonaenyl]-3,5,5-
trimethyl-cyclohex-2
-e n-1-ol

C₄₀H₅₆O₂

Zeaxanthin

Not Available

4-[18-(4-hydroxy-2,6
,6-trimethyl-1-cyclo
hexenyl)-3,7,12,16-t
etramethyl -octadec
a-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15
,17-nonaenyl]-3,5,5-
trimethyl-cyclohex-3
-e n-1-ol

C₄₀H₅₆O₂

Quercetin

Not Available

2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-3,4,5-trihydroxy
-chromen-7-one

C₁₅H₁₀O₇

Quercitrin

6151-25-3

2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-4,5-dihydroxy-3-
(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
methyl-oxa n-2-yl)o
xy-chromen-7-one

C₂₁H₂₀O₁₁

Pharmacology

Medicinal Use

In heart problems, as a tonic and gentle laxative (flower bud); in intestinal ulcers, rickets, haemorrhages and diarrhoea (roots); in treating wounds, ophthalmia, hepatopathy and haemorrhoids (leaves)

Reference

The Himalaya Drug Company

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