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
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
P-HYDROXYACETIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
P-HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	12415.0	16685.0	-0.36	Wealth of India.
PARAFFIN	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
PECTIN	24	Root	110000.0	350000.0	1.96	Duke, 1992 *
PENTOSANS	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
PHOSPHORUS	4	Root	277.0	2560.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	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.
POLYSACCHARIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POLYSACCHARIDES	0	Root	250000.0	350000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POPULNIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root	1307.0	12100.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Root	11664.0	108000.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	227000.0	237000.0	0.03	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID	43	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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.