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Plant Althaea officinalis (Malvaceae)

Common Names
Marshmallow; White Mallow
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
TILIROSIDE 3 Leaf not available 2500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TIN 4 Root 3.0 29.0 1.27 Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
VALINE 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Root not available 892000.0 0.80 Duke, 1992 *
XYLAN 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
XYLOSE 3 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ZINC 77 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Anesthetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Anthelmintic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacne 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrocyanotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadhesive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadrenergic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 2 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
Antiaggregant 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 7 Duke, 1992 *