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
CALCIUM-PHOSPHATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Root	87156.0	807000.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
CHROMIUM	24	Root	0.2	1.5	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
CICHORIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CICHORIN	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Root	0.4	3.3	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
COUMARIN	57	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COUMARIN	57	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-GALACTOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
D-GALACTURONIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-GALACTURONIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
D-GALACTURONIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSAMINES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
D-GLUCURONIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCURONIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DODECASACCHARIDE	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
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	4	Planta Medica, 56(6): 671, 1990.
Antianemic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiasthmatic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiataxic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic	1	Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.