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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Flower *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Leaf *
SODIUM 1 Root 148.0 1370.0 0.13 *
SODIUM-BORATE 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
SORBITOL 11 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
SPIRAEOSIDE 4 Flower *
SPIRAEOSIDE 4 Leaf *
STARCH 5 Root 39960.0 370000.0 0.23 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 12415.0 16685.0 -0.20 Wealth of India.
STEROLS 0 Root Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
SUCROSE 14 Plant Wealth of India.
SUGAR 0 Root 50000.0 110000.0 1.03 *
SUGARS 0 Root 11880.0 110000.0 0.06 *
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Flower *
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Leaf *
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Root *
TANNIN 35 Root 20000.0 -1.76 *
THIAMIN 31 Root 1.0 -0.50 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMINE 0 Root 0.1 1.0 -0.67 *
TILIROSIDE 3 Flower 1900.0 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihypercholesterolemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive 7 *
Antihyperthyroid 2 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichthyosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimplantation 1 *
Antiimpotence 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 18 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinsomniac 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antikeratitic 1 *
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiketotic 2 Merck 11th Edition