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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Malva neglecta (Malvaceae)

Common Names
Cheeses; Common 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
ARABINOSE 0 Plant *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 1175.0 -0.33 *
ASH 0 Plant 172500.0 174500.0 0.97 *
CHOLINE 20 Plant *
FAT 0 Seed 70000.0 152000.0 -0.60 *
NITROGEN 0 Plant 4100.0 4200.0 -0.91 *
OCTACOSANE 0 Plant *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 210000.0 -0.21 *
TANNIN 35 Flower *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiperiodontitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipyretic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 2 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.
AntiRaynaud's 1 *
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.
Antiretinotic 1 *
Antirheumatic 1 *
Antirhinitic 1 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiseptic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antispasmodic 1 *
Antisteatotic 1 *
Antistress 1 *
Antisyndrome-X 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
Antitumor 1 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 *