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
SINAPIC-ACID	9	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Root	148.0	1370.0	0.13	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM-BORATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
SORBITOL	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
SPIRAEOSIDE	4	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SPIRAEOSIDE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Root	39960.0	370000.0	0.23	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	12415.0	16685.0	-0.20	Wealth of India.
STEROLS	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
SUCROSE	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
SUGAR	0	Root	50000.0	110000.0	1.03	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Root	11880.0	110000.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID	6	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID	6	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Root	not available	20000.0	-1.76	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Root	not available	1.0	-0.50	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMINE	0	Root	0.1	1.0	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
TILIROSIDE	3	Flower	not available	1900.0	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 *