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Plant Althaea officinalis (Malvaceae)

Common Names
Marshmallow; White Mallow
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiestrogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifatigue 6 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility 2 Kumar, P., Dixit*, V.P., and Khanna, P. Antifertility Studies of Kaempferol: Isolation and Identification from Tissue Culture of some Medicinally Important Plant Species. Plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 23: 193-201, 1989.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastritic 4 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotropic 3 Jim Duke's personal files.