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
EO	0	Flower	not available	200.0	-0.42	Wealth of India.
EO	0	Leaf	not available	200.0	-1.00	Wealth of India.
EO	0	Root	54.0	2000.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
FAT	0	Root	540.0	5000.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	128000.0	172000.0	-0.49	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FERULIC-ACID	61	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
FERULIC-ACID	61	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Root	not available	83000.0	-0.11	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FIBER(CRUDE)	0	Root	not available	83000.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY)	0	Root	not available	523000.0	1.36	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTURONIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GALACTURONO-RHAMNANS	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
GALACTURONORHAMNOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GLUCAN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GLUCOSAN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GLUCOSE	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
HEMICELLULOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.

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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
Autotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bacteristat	3	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchorelaxant	2	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Bruchiphobe	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist	3	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	28	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	5	Martindale's 28th
Capillarigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective	1	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiac	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardiodepressant	3	Duke, 1992 *