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
AntiLegionella	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotrienogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphedemic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antilymphocytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	1	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimanic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).