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
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 *

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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.