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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Malva parviflora (Malvaceae)

Common Names
Cheeseweed
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant 454.0 4745.0 0.52 *
ASH 0 Plant 23000.0 168000.0 0.85 *
CALCIUM 28 Plant 3120.0 23650.0 1.08 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 64000.0 467000.0 -1.15 *
CAROTENE 0 Plant 25.0 -1.37 *
FAT 0 Leaf 2000.0 15000.0 -0.83 *
FAT 0 Seed 130000.0 180000.0 -0.45 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 15000.0 109000.0 -0.65 *
IRON 6 Plant 195.0 -0.51 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Plant 360.0 2630.0 -0.62 *
MALVALIC-ACID 0 Plant *
NIACIN 39 Plant 9.0 -0.95 *
NITROGEN 0 Plant 9400.0 -0.60 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant 670.0 4891.0 0.63 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 48000.0 350000.0 1.38 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 190000.0 304000.0 0.62 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Plant 2.0 -0.66 *
THIAMIN 31 Plant 1.0 -0.56 *
WATER 0 Plant 859000.0 863000.0 0.39 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiosteoarthritic 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 3 (View) *
Antioxidant 2 (View) *
Antiparkinsonian 2 (View) *
Antiparotitic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontitic 2 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiphotophobic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiPMS 1 (View) *
Antipneumonic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipyretic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 1 (View) 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
AntiRaynaud's 2 (View) *
Antiretinotic 1 (View) *
Antirheumatic 2 (View) *
Antirhinitic 1 (View) *
Antiscorbutic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 (View) *