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
Antitumor	17	Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (GI)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Kidney)	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitumor (Liver)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Mouth)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	4	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitumor (Skin)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	8	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitympanitic	1	Merck 11th Edition