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
L-RHAMNOSE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
L-RHAMNOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
LANOLIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
LECITHIN	20	Root	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	67710.0	91000.0	-0.14	Wealth of India.
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed	3200.0	4300.0	-0.50	Wealth of India.
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	559.0	5180.0	1.39	Duke, 1992 *
MALVALIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
MANGANESE	14	Root	0.5	4.4	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
MANNOSE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
METHYL-PENTOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
MUCILAGE	3	Leaf	60000.0	157000.0	1.32	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Plant	not available	210000.0	0.73	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Root	50000.0	350000.0	1.82	Duke, 1992 *
NARINGENIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARINGENIN-4'-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Root	3.4	31.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
NONA-SACCHARIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	39425.0	52975.0	-0.54	Wealth of India.
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Flower	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
Antibacterial	21	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchoconstrictor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibrucellosic	1	Gawron, A., Gorski, G., Glowniak*, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Anticancer	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticancer (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Kidney)	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticancer (Liver)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Prostate)	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticancer (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Anticarcinogenic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast)	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.