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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALCIUM-PHOSPHATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Root | 87156.0 | 807000.0 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Root | 0.2 | 1.5 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CICHORIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CICHORIN | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Root | 0.4 | 3.3 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COUMARIN | 57 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COUMARIN | 57 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-GALACTOSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| D-GALACTURONIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-GALACTURONIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| D-GALACTURONIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-GLUCOSAMINES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| D-GLUCURONIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-GLUCURONIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DODECASACCHARIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiandrogenic | 4 | Planta Medica, 56(6): 671, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianginal | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiangiogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianorectic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antianorexic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianxiety | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarrhythmic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 7 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiasthmatic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiataxic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiatherogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatheromic | 1 | Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990. |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |