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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

ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit 7,400 - 25,000 ppm  Analgesic 5-10 g/day; Antiinflammatory; Antiradicular; Antiseptic 4-8 g/day MIC=3.3-217 mg/ml;

BETA-CAROTENE Fruit 25 - 62 ppm Antiradicular; COX-1-Inhibitor IC78=50 ug/ml; COX-2-Inhibitor IC82=50 ug/ml;

BETULIN Fruit: Antiinflammatory;

CATECHIN Fruit: Antiinflammatory IC50=80 uM (cf indomethacin IC50=1 uM);  Antiradicular IC50=8 uM; COX-1-Inhibitor IC50=80 uM (cf indomethacin IC50=1 uM);

COPPER Fruit 1.8 - 36 ppm Antiinflammatory; Antinociceptive;

EPICATECHIN Fruit:  Antiinflammatory;

ISOQUERCITRIN Fruit: Antiinflammatory; Antinociceptive; Antiradicular 1/4 quercetin;

LYCOPENE Fruit: Antiradicular;

MAGNESIUM Fruit 560 - 2,090 ppm   Antiinflammatory 100 mg 4 x/day;  Tranquilizer 500-750 mg/day;

SELENIUM Fruit 0.002 - 0.005 ppm   Analgesic 200 ug/day; Antiradicular 100-200 (-400) ug/man/day;

TANNIN Fruit 20,000 - 27,000 ppm   Antiradicular 1/3 quercetin 500 mg/kg/day orl mus;

THIAMIN Fruit 3.8 ppm;   Analgesic 1-4 g/day;  Antineuralgic 1-4 g/day;

VANILLIN Fruit:  Antiradicular 7 x quercetin;

ZINC Fruit 9 - 23 ppm    Analgesic;

ppm = parts per million
tr = trace