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
EO	0	Flower	not available	200.0	-0.42	Wealth of India.
EO	0	Leaf	not available	200.0	-1.00	Wealth of India.
EO	0	Root	54.0	2000.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
FAT	0	Root	540.0	5000.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	128000.0	172000.0	-0.49	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FERULIC-ACID	61	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
FERULIC-ACID	61	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Root	not available	83000.0	-0.11	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FIBER(CRUDE)	0	Root	not available	83000.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY)	0	Root	not available	523000.0	1.36	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTURONIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GALACTURONO-RHAMNANS	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
GALACTURONORHAMNOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GLUCAN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GLUCOSAN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GLUCOSE	7	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.
HEMICELLULOSE	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
Antidote (Paraquat)	1	Martindale's 28th
Antidysenteric	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysgeuzic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic	3	Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic	6	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antienteritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesherichic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.