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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Histamine-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor	2	Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Humectant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hydrocholerectic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypnotic	1	Schultes, R.E. De Plantis Toxicariis e Mundo Novo Tropicale Commentationes XXXVI. Justicia (Acanthaceae) as a Source of an Hallucinogenic Snuff. Economic Botany 44(1): 61-70, 1990.
Hypocholesterolemic	13	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic	11	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 165
Hypolipidemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	12	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	7	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	12	Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Inflammatory	1	Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *