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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALTHEIN 0 Root 20000.0 *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 73.0 680.0 0.05 *
ANTHAEA-MUCILAGE 0 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ARABINOGALACTAN 6 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ARABINOSE 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 177.0 1640.0 0.29 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 1640.0 0.65 *
ASH 0 Root 8640.0 80000.0 0.36 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Root 10000.0 20000.0 -1.22 *
ASPARAGINIC-ACID 0 Root *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Flower *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root *
BETAINE 14 Root 40000.0 2.83 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Flower *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Root *
CALCIUM 28 Root 881.0 8160.0 0.08 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
PAF-Inhibitor 1 *
Parasympathomimetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 3 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peristaltic 1 *
Pesticide 29 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phagocytotic 5 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Photoactive 2 *
Phytoalexin 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Phytohormonal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Piscicide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 *
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Preservative 2 Merck 11th Edition
Proliferant 1 *
Prooxidant 3 *
Propecic 4 *