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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L-RHAMNOSE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| L-RHAMNOSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| LANOLIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| LECITHIN | 20 | Root | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 67710.0 | 91000.0 | -0.14 | Wealth of India. |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 3200.0 | 4300.0 | -0.50 | Wealth of India. |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Root | 559.0 | 5180.0 | 1.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALVALIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Root | 0.5 | 4.4 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANNOSE | 3 | 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. |
| METHYL-PENTOSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Leaf | 60000.0 | 157000.0 | 1.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Plant | not available | 210000.0 | 0.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Root | 50000.0 | 350000.0 | 1.82 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NARINGENIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NARINGENIN-4'-O-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Root | 3.4 | 31.0 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONA-SACCHARIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 39425.0 | 52975.0 | -0.54 | Wealth of India. |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiestrogenic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antifatigue | 6 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antifeedant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifertility | 2 | Kumar, P., Dixit*, V.P., and Khanna, P. Antifertility Studies of Kaempferol: Isolation and Identification from Tissue Culture of some Medicinally Important Plant Species. Plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 23: 193-201, 1989. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrosarcomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastric | 1 | Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85. |
| Antigastritic | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigenotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotropic | 3 | Jim Duke's personal files. |