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Dr. Duke's  Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Chemicals and their Biological Activities in: Rosa canina L. (Rosaceae) -- Dog Rose, Dogbrier, Rose

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL Fruit 41 - 204 ppm  Antiinfertility;

ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit 7,400 - 25,000 ppm  Anticervicaldysplasic 1,000-2,000 mg/day; Anticlimacteric 500-5,000 mg/day;  Antiendometriotic 2,000 mg/day; Antifibrotic 1,000-2,000 mg; Antiinfertility 1 g/day;  Antimenopausal 500-5,000 mg/day;

BETA-CAROTENE Fruit 25 - 62 ppm - Androgenic?; Anticervicaldysplasic; AntiPMS;

BETULIN Fruit:  Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor IC50=119 uM;

BORON Fruit 8 - 22 ppm   Androgenic 3 mg/man/day; Antiosteoarthritic; Antiosteoporotic; Estrogenic

CALCIUM Fruit 3,500 - 8,750 ppm  Anticlimacteric 1,000-1,500 mg/day; Antidepressant; Antimenopausal; AntiPMS 1 g/day;

CATECHIN Fruit:  Antiprostaglandin IC50=80 uM (cf indomethacin IC50=1 uM);

COPPER Fruit 1.8 - 36 ppm; Contraceptive;

IRON Fruit 5 - 13 ppm  Antimenorrhagic 100 mg/day/wmn/orl;

LYCOPENE Fruit: Antiprostatitic;

MAGNESIUM Fruit 560 - 2,090 ppm - Anticlimacteric 500-750 mg/day; Antidysmenorrheic 100 mg 4 x/day; Antiendometriotic 500 mg/day; Antimenopausal 500-750 mg/day; AntiPMS 400-800 mg/day/wmn orl 400-800 mg/day/wmn/orl; Tranquilizer 500-750 mg/day; Uterorelaxant 100 mg 4 x/day;

MANGANESE Fruit 12 - 40 ppm; AntiPMS;

RIBOFLAVIN Fruit 7.2 ppm; Anticervicaldysplasic 1.6-10 mg/day;

SELENIUM Fruit 0.002 - 0.005 ppm Anticlimacteric 200 ug/day;  Antimenopausal 200 ug/day;

ZINC Fruit 9 - 23 ppm Antiimpotence; Antiinfertility 60 mg/day; Antiprolactin; Antiprostatitic 50 mg/man/day/orl; Spermigenic 60 mg/day; Testosteronigenic

ppm = parts per million
tr = trace