Plant Althaea officinalis (Malvaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Marshmallow; White Mallow

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
4-AMINO-BUTYRIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-HYDROXY-3'-SULFO-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-DIOSMETIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-HYDROXY-DIOSMETIN-8-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
8-HYDROXY-LUTEOLIN-8-BETA-GENTIOBIOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
8-HYDROXY-LUTEOLIN-8-BETA-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
8-O-GENTIOBIOSIDE-HYPOLAETIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AESCULETIN	32	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AESCULETIN	32	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AESCULIN	33	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AESCULIN	33	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-L-ARABINOFURANOSYL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALTHAEA-D-GLUCAN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALTHAEA-MUCILAGE-O	1	Root	not available	2200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALTHAEA-MUCILAGE-OL	0	Leaf	not available	550.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALTHAEA-MUCILAGE-POLYSACCHARIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALTHAEA-MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	18	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	5	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	4	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	13	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *