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

Common Names
High Mallow
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
ANTHOCYANINS 30 Flower 70000.0 1.00 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 240.0 2855.0 -0.18 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Leaf 13000.0 155000.0 0.64 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 33.0 390.0 0.56 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 900.0 10715.0 -0.53 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 21000.0 250000.0 -2.88 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
D-GALACTOSE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FAT 0 Leaf 14000.0 -0.85 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Seed 97000.0 167000.0 -0.52 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER 15 Leaf 9000.0 107000.0 -0.67 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GOSSYPETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE-8-GLUCURONIDE 0 Leaf Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
GOSSYPIN-3-SULFATE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
HYPOLAETIN-8-GLUCURONIDE 0 Leaf Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
HYPOLETIN-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-3'-SULFATE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
IRON 6 Leaf 37.0 440.0 0.19 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 280.0 3330.0 0.50 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
L-ARABINOSE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
L-RHAMNOSE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LEUCOCYANIDINS 0 Flower 1000.0 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Lung) 2 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 *
Antiulcer 3 *
Antivaricose 1 *
Antivertigo 1 *
Antiviral 2 *
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 2 *
Apoptotic 1 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Blocker 1 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Calcium-Antagonist 1 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Cancer-Preventive 6 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cardioprotective 3 *
Chemopreventive 2 *
Circulotonic 1 *