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Plant Hibiscus syriacus (Malvaceae)

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Common name(s)
Hachisu (Jap.), Mukuge (Jap.), Rose Of Sharon, Shrub Althaea
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 (+)-PINORESINOL-4-O-[BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1->2)-ALPHA-RHAMNOSIDE] Root Bark -- -- -- *
0 1,22-DOCOSANEDIOL Bark -- -- -- *
0 1-CARBOXY-2,8-DIHYDROXY-6-METHYL-7-METHOXYNAPHTHALENECARBOLACTONE-(1->8) Root Bark -- -- -- *
0 1-OCTACOSANOL Bark -- -- -- *
0 2,7-DIHYDROXY-6-METHYL-8-METHOXY-1-NAPHTHALENECARBALDEHYDE Root Bark -- -- -- *
0 2-HYDROXY-6-HYDROXYMETHYL-7,8-DIMETHOXY-1-NAPHTHALENECARBALDEHYDE Root Bark -- -- -- *
2 3'-HYDROXYDAIDZEIN Root Bark -- -- -- *
3 3-BETA-23,28-TRIHYDROXY-12-OLEANENE-23-CAFFEATE Root Bark -- -- -- *
3 3-BETA-23,28-TRIHYDROXY-12-OLEANENE-3-BETA-CAFFEATE Root Bark -- -- -- *
1 6'-O-ACETYL-DAIDZIN Root Bark -- -- -- *
1 6'-O-ACETYL-GENISTIN Root Bark -- -- -- *
47 BETA-SITOSTEROL Bark -- -- -- *
13 BETULIN Bark -- -- -- *
0 ERYTHROTRIOL Bark -- -- -- *
0 FERULOYLTYRAMINES Root Bark -- -- -- *
1 HIBISCUSIDE Root Bark -- -- -- *
4 ISOVITEXIN Leaf -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
0 MALVALIC-ACID Seed -- -- -- Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
0 NONANEDIOIC-ACID Bark -- -- -- *
0 SAPONARETIN Plant -- -- -- Perry, Lily M. 1980. Medicinal Plants of East and Southeast Asia. MIT Press. Cambridge, Massachusets. 620 pp.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.