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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Root *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
P-HYDROXYACETIC-ACID 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
P-HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID 0 Flower *
P-HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
P-HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID 0 Root *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 12415.0 16685.0 -0.36 Wealth of India.
PARAFFIN 4 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
PECTIN 24 Root 110000.0 350000.0 1.96 *
PENTOSANS 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 277.0 2560.0 -0.17 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
POLYSACCHARIDE 0 Root *
POLYSACCHARIDES 0 Root 250000.0 350000.0 *
POPULNIN 0 Flower *
POTASSIUM 14 Root 1307.0 12100.0 -0.27 *
PROTEIN 0 Root 11664.0 108000.0 -0.12 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 227000.0 237000.0 0.03 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Flower *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Ethanolytic 1 *
Expectorant 2 *
Fibrinolytic 1 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Flatugenic 1 Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
FLavor 5 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 17 *
Fungistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Gastroprotective 1 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 2 *
Glutathione-Depleting 1 *
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemorrhagic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hemostat 2 *
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 *
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 14 *
Hepatotoxic 3 *
Hepatotropic 2 *
Herbicide 2 Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195.