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
HERNIARIN	12	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HERNIARIN	12	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXASACCHARIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
HEXOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
HYPOLAETIN-4'-METHYL-ETHER-8-O-GLUCOSIDE-3'-SULPHATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPOLAETIN-4'-O-METHYL-ETHER-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPOLAETIN-8-GENTIOBIOSIDE	0	Leaf	2500.0	4200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPOLAETIN-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	14.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Root	12.0	115.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOSCOPOLETIN	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOSCOPOLETIN	1	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	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.
KAEMPFEROL	75	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
KAEMPFEROL-3-BETA-D-(6'-O-P-HYDROXYCINNAMOYL)-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
L-ARABINAN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-ARABINOFURANAN	0	Root	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
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative	2	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotrophic	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
UV-Screen	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Vasodilator	8	Duke, 1992 *
Vasoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	5	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.