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

Plant Althaea officinalis (Malvaceae)

Common Names
Marshmallow, White 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
4-AMINO-BUTYRIC-ACID 0 Root *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Flower *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Root *
8-HYDROXY-3'-SULFO-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-DIOSMETIN 0 Leaf *
8-HYDROXY-DIOSMETIN-8-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
8-HYDROXY-LUTEOLIN-8-BETA-GENTIOBIOSIDE 0 Plant Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
8-HYDROXY-LUTEOLIN-8-BETA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
8-O-GENTIOBIOSIDE-HYPOLAETIN 0 Flower *
AESCULETIN 32 Root *
AESCULETIN 32 Shoot *
AESCULIN 33 Root *
AESCULIN 33 Shoot *
ALANINE 3 Root *
ALPHA-L-ARABINOFURANOSYL 0 Plant *
ALTHAEA-D-GLUCAN 0 Leaf *
ALTHAEA-MUCILAGE-O 1 Root 2200.0 *
ALTHAEA-MUCILAGE-OL 0 Leaf 550.0 *
ALTHAEA-MUCILAGE-POLYSACCHARIDE 0 Root *
ALTHAEA-MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDE 0 Root *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 18 (View) *
Allelochemic 5 (View) 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 (View) 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 (View) *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 13 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *