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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Althaea officinalis (Malvaceae)

Common Names
Marshmallow; White Mallow
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
EO 0 Flower 200.0 -0.42 Wealth of India.
EO 0 Leaf 200.0 -1.00 Wealth of India.
EO 0 Root 54.0 2000.0 -0.56 *
ERUCIC-ACID 2 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
FAT 0 Root 540.0 5000.0 -0.60 *
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 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Leaf *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
FERULIC-ACID 61 Root *
FIBER 15 Root 83000.0 -0.11 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Root 83000.0 -0.84 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Root 523000.0 1.36 *
GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GALACTURONO-RHAMNANS 0 Plant Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
GALACTURONORHAMNOSE 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GLUCAN 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GLUCOSAN 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GLUCOSE 7 Plant 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 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 11 *
Cardiotonic 2 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Catabolic 1 *
Cataractagenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Cathartic 1 *
Cerebrotonic 1 *
Chelator 1 *
Chemopreventive 7 *
Cholagogue 5 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 11 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Cholinergic 2 Martindale's 28th
Circulotonic 1 *
Clastogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 3 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 2 *
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.