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
Antispasmodic	13	Phytotherapy Research, 4: 73.
Antispasmophilic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antisprue	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antisteatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistress	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke	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
Antisunburn	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X	6	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
Antithiamin	2	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiTourette's	1	Martindale's 28th
Antitoxoplasmotic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitriglyceride	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic	1	Duke, 1992 *