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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
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 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *