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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  Antieczemic 3.5-5 g/day; Antiinflammatory; Antiseptic 4-8 g/day MIC=3.3-217 mg/ml; Collagenic;

BETA-CAROTENE Fruit 25 - 62 ppm Antiacne; Antipsoriac;

BETULIN Fruit: Antiinflammatory;

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

CHROMIUM Fruit 0.03 - 0.07 ppm   Antiacne;

COPPER Fruit 1.8 - 36 ppm Antiinflammatory;

EPICATECHIN Fruit: Antiinflammatory;

ISOQUERCITRIN Fruit: Antiinflammatory;

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

MALIC-ACID Fruit 15,000 - 62,200 ppm Antiseborrheic;

NIACIN Fruit:  Antidermatitic;

SELENIUM Fruit 0.002 - 0.005 ppm   Antiacne; Antidandruff;

SULFUR Fruit 400 - 1,000 ppm Antiacne; Antidandruff; Antiseborrheic; Antiseptic; Comedogenic; Keratolytic;

ZINC Fruit 9 - 23 ppm    Antiacne 135 mg/day; Antiacrodermatitic 8-34 mg/day/orl/chd;  Antialopecic; Antidandruff; Antieczemic 150 mg/day; Collagenic;

ppm = parts per million
tr = trace