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Marshmallow
Althaea officinalis
Marshmallow · White Mallow · Altea comune · Alteia · Bijeli sljez · Bismalva · Common marshmallow · Dail yr Hocys · Dərman bəlğəmotu · Echter Eibisch · Echter Eibisch (DE) · Eibisch
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Uk(Wales), Turkey, ", Iraq, France, Spain, Peru, Greece
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Cancer, Catarrh, Cough, Demulcent
Science studied: ALTHEIN, L-ARABINAN, ARABINOGALACTAN, ARABINOSE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Malvaceae
Scientific name: Althaea officinalis
Common names: Marshmallow, White Mallow, Altea comune, Alteia, Bijeli sljez, Bismalva, Common marshmallow, Dail yr Hocys, Dərman bəlğəmotu, Echter Eibisch, Echter Eibisch (DE), Eibisch
History
The source record documents this plant in Uk(Wales), Turkey, Elsewhere, ", Iraq, France, Spain, Peru and 2 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Cancer
- Catarrh
- Cough
- Demulcent
- Emollient
- Inflammation
- Intestine
- Lubricative
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- Pectoral
- Piles
- Poultice
- Respiratory
- Sclerosis
- Sore(Throat)
- Tumor
- Expectorant
- Mucous
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Uk(Wales)
- Turkey
- Elsewhere
- "
- Iraq
- France
- Spain
- Peru
- Greece
- Europe
Documented cultural uses
- Cancer
- Catarrh
- Cough
- Demulcent
- Emollient
- Inflammation
- Intestine
- Lubricative
- Pectoral
- Piles
- Poultice
- Respiratory
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- Sclerosis
- Sore(Throat)
- Tumor
- Expectorant
- Mucous
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALTHEIN
- L-ARABINAN
- ARABINOGALACTAN
- ARABINOSE
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASH
- BUTYRIC-ACID
- CALCIUM-PHOSPHATE
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CHOLINE
- EO
- FAT
- D-GALACTOSE
- GALACTURONORHAMNOSE
- GLUCOSAN
- D-GALACTURONIC-ACID
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- HEMICELLULOSE
- HEXASACCHARIDE
- 8-HYDROXY-DIOSMETIN-8-GLUCOSIDE
- IRON
- KAEMPFEROL
- KAEMPFEROL-3-BETA-D-(6'-O-P-HYDROXYCINNAMOYL)-GLUCOSIDE
- LANOLIN
- LECITHIN
- MALVALIC-ACID
- MUCILAGE
- NIACIN
- NONA-SACCHARIDE
- PHOSPHORUS
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- PROTEIN
- L-RHAMNOSE
- SELENIUM
- SODIUM
- SORBITOL
- SUGAR
- TANNIN
- XYLOSE
- CHROMIUM
- DODECASACCHARIDE
- FERULIC-ACID
- GALACTURONIC-ACID
- D-GLUCURONIC-ACID
- D-GLUCOSAMINES
- SCOPOLINE
- SODIUM-BORATE
- URONIC-ACID
- XYLAN
- ZINC
- ALUMINUM
- ALPHA-L-ARABINOFURANOSYL
- CALCIUM
- BETA-CAROTENE
- ERUCIC-ACID
- FIBER
- GLUCAN
- HEXOSE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE
- MAGNESIUM
- METHYL-PENTOSE
- PARAFFIN
- PENTOSANS
- QUERCETIN
- RIBOFLAVIN
- STARCH
- THIAMIN
- WATER
- CARBOHYDRATES
- MANGANESE
- TIN
- BETAINE
- COBALT
- POTASSIUM
- SILICON
- ASPARAGINE
- ALTHAEA-D-GLUCAN
- ALTHAEA-MUCILAGE-O
- ALTHAEA-MUCILAGE-OL
- ALTHAEA-MUCILAGE-POLYSACCHARIDE
- ALTHAEA-MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDE
- L-ARABINOFURANAN
- ASTRAGALIN
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CICHORIN
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- COUMARIN
- HERNIARIN
- 8-O-GENTIOBIOSIDE-HYPOLAETIN
- HYPOLAETIN-4'-METHYL-ETHER-8-O-GLUCOSIDE-3'-SULPHATE
- HYPOLAETIN-4'-O-METHYL-ETHER-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- HYPOLAETIN-8-GENTIOBIOSIDE
- HYPOLAETIN-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- NARINGENIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- NARINGENIN-4'-O-GLUCOSIDE
- P-HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID
- POLYSACCHARIDE
- POPULNIN
- PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID
- ISOQUERCITRIN
- SALICYLIC-ACID
- SCOPOLETIN
- ISOSCOPOLETIN
- SCOPOLIN
- SCYLLITOL
- SINAPIC-ACID
- SPIRAEOSIDE
- SYRINGIC-ACID
- TILIROSIDE
- UMBELLIFERONE
- VANILLIC-ACID
- 8-HYDROXY-LUTEOLIN-8-BETA-GENTIOBIOSIDE
- 8-HYDROXY-LUTEOLIN-8-BETA-GLUCOSIDE
- GALACTURONO-RHAMNANS
- HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- OLEIC-ACID
- P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- RHAMNOGALACTURONANS
- STEARIC-ACID
- STEROLS
- SUCROSE
- QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE
- ANTHAEA-MUCILAGE
- CALCIUM-OXALATE
- GLUCOSE
- MANNOSE
- P-HYDROXYACETIC-ACID
- POLYSACCHARIDES
- SAPONINS
- FIBER(CRUDE)
- FIBER(DIETARY)
- PECTIN
- SUGARS
- THIAMINE
- AESCULETIN
- AESCULIN
- ALANINE
- ASPARAGINIC-ACID
- 4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- 4-AMINO-BUTYRIC-ACID
- 8-HYDROXY-3'-SULFO-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-DIOSMETIN
- VALINE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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