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Botanical Name |
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Alcea rosea Linn. |
English
Name |
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Hollyhock |
Synonym(s) |
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Althaea rosea ((L.)Cav.) |
Family |
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Malvaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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An erect, simple or sparigly branched, stellately hairy, annual or biennial herb. Lower leaves long-petioled, sub-orbicular-rounded or ovate, angular-lobed; upper ones short-petioled, smaller; flowers white, red, pink or yellow, 5-12 cm in diam, solitary, axillary, corolla often doubled; capsules densely stellate-hairy, 1.5-2.0 cm in diam; mericarps orbicular, 5-7 mm long. |
| Herb Effects |
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Astringent and demulcent (root); expectorant; cooling, emollient and diuretic (flowers); mucilaginous, demulcent, diuretic and febrifugal (seeds). |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Kaempferol, quercetin and its glucosides, anthocyanic pigments, mucilage, flavonoids and tannins (flower). |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Kaempferol |
80714-53-0 |
3-[3-[4,5-dihydroxy-
6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-
[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
(hydroxyme
thyl)oxa
n-2-yl]oxy-oxan-2-yl
]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6
-(hydroxymethyl)oxan
-2
-yl]oxy-4,5-dihy
droxy-2-(4-hydroxyph
enyl)-chromen-7-one |
C33H40O21 |
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| Quercetin |
Not Available |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-3,4,5-trihydroxy
-chromen-7-one |
C15H10O7 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Healing mucous membranes in upper respiratory tract disorders; fever, dysentry and gravel (roots); in rheumatism (flowers). |
| Reference |
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 Stary, Medicinal Herbs and Plants.
Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
Johnson T. CRC Ethnobotany Desk Reference (www.herbweb.com/herbage). |
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