Claim · model-written summary
Catechins occurred in Geranium macrorrhizum and were absent from Pelargonium radula.
- Taxon
- Geranium macrorrhizum
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Geranium macrorrhizumt0 - Outcome
- catechinse0
- Comparator
- P. radulae0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentSettingDirectionValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“as well as catechins, absent in P. radula”
t0“Geranium macrorrhizum”
Title
Debora Sabotinova; Petya Boycheva; Nadezhda Ivanova; et al. Pharmaceuticals 2026. doi:10.3390/ph19030346
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Observation Pelargonium radula yielded 0.10% essential oil.
- Observation Geranium macrorrhizum yielded 0.03% essential oil.
- Observation The essential oils were dominated by oxidized monoterpenes, mainly citronellol and geraniol type compounds.
- Observation Pelargonium radula contained six phenolic acids, chiefly protocatechuic and ferulic acids.
- Observation Pelargonium radula had very low flavonoid levels, with rutin its only quantifiable glycoside.
- Observation Geranium macrorrhizum contained nine phenolic acids.
- Observation Geranium macrorrhizum contained four flavonoids.
- Observation Geranium macrorrhizum had high salicylic, rosmarinic and p-coumaric acid levels.
- Association Geranium macrorrhizum had significantly greater phenolic diversity and abundance.
- Recommendation The authors suggest Geranium macrorrhizum for antioxidant and anti-inflammatory applications.
- Recommendation The authors suggest Pelargonium radula for antimicrobial applications.