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Common Names
Marshmallow; White Mallow
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EO | 0 | Flower | not available | 200.0 | -0.42 | Wealth of India. |
| EO | 0 | Leaf | not available | 200.0 | -1.00 | Wealth of India. |
| EO | 0 | Root | 54.0 | 2000.0 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ERUCIC-ACID | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| FAT | 0 | Root | 540.0 | 5000.0 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 128000.0 | 172000.0 | -0.49 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Root | not available | 83000.0 | -0.11 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Root | not available | 83000.0 | -0.84 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Root | not available | 523000.0 | 1.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALACTURONIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| GALACTURONO-RHAMNANS | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| GALACTURONORHAMNOSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| GLUCAN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| GLUCOSAN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| HEMICELLULOSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| AntiLegionella | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileishmanic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilepric | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antileukemic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukonychic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukoplakic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukotriene | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukotriene-D4 | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukotrienogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilipolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilipoperoxidant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilithic | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antilupus | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| AntiLyme | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilymphedemic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Antilymphocytic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antilymphomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimaculitic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimalarial | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antimanic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |