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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCVS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	3	A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidecubitic	3	Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	6	Martindale's 29th
Antidepressant	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidermatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic	13	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antidiscotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Aluminum)	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium)	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Iodine)	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead)	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury)	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.