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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Sida rhombifolia (Malvaceae)

Common Names
Broomweed; Teaplant
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
ALKALOIDS 0 Root 540.0 -0.90 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 900.0 4545.0 -0.02 *
ASH 0 Leaf 16000.0 81000.0 -0.67 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 60.0 305.0 0.19 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 4660.0 23535.0 0.35 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 94000.0 475000.0 -1.09 *
EPHEDRINE 49 Root *
FAT 0 Leaf 14000.0 71000.0 0.29 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 33000.0 167000.0 0.07 *
IRON 6 Leaf 50.0 253.0 -0.28 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 630.0 3180.0 0.26 *
MUCILAGE 3 Stem *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 21.0 105.0 0.09 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 580.0 2930.0 -0.38 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 74000.0 374000.0 1.62 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 4.7 24.0 -0.07 *
SAPONIN 0 Leaf *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 2.2 11.0 0.56 *
WATER 0 Leaf 802000.0 -0.03 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 2 *
Antiretinotic 1 *
Antirheumatic 3 *
Antirhinitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 *
Antiseptic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisinusitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antispasmodic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistress 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisyncopic 1 Martindale's 29th
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
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor 2 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Breast) 1 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *