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Common Names
Marshmallow; White Mallow
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-AMINO-BUTYRIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-HYDROXY-3'-SULFO-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-DIOSMETIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-HYDROXY-DIOSMETIN-8-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| 8-HYDROXY-LUTEOLIN-8-BETA-GENTIOBIOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| 8-HYDROXY-LUTEOLIN-8-BETA-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| 8-O-GENTIOBIOSIDE-HYPOLAETIN | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AESCULETIN | 32 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AESCULETIN | 32 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AESCULIN | 33 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AESCULIN | 33 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALANINE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-L-ARABINOFURANOSYL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALTHAEA-D-GLUCAN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALTHAEA-MUCILAGE-O | 1 | Root | not available | 2200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALTHAEA-MUCILAGE-OL | 0 | Leaf | not available | 550.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALTHAEA-MUCILAGE-POLYSACCHARIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALTHAEA-MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antipsittacotic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Antipsoriac | 5 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipyretic | 4 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiradicular | 14 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiRaynaud's | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirenitic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antiretinopathic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiretinotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirheumatic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirhinitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisclerodermic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseborrheic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 12 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiserotonin | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antisickling | 3 | Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990. |
| Antisilicotic | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antispare-Tire | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |