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

Select a Results View:

Download these results as:

CSV

EXCEL

PDF

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 *

Download these results as:

CSV

EXCEL

PDF

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
Antimastalgic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's	1	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic	5	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimigraine	4	Martindale's 29th
Antimitotic	3	Pandeya, S.N. 1970. Biological Activity of Adamantyl Derivatives. The Indian Journal of Pharmacy, 33: 7.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimononuccleotic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimorphinistic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic	16	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimycoplasmotic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimyoatrophic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimyocarditic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.