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Althaea officinalis
The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 6 constituent measurements for Althaea officinalis. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.
Accepted name in source: Althaea officinalis L.
Regulatory presence
Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 645 licensed products naming Althaea officinalis as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.
Extract types on licence
Source material stated
What the records describe
Constituents measured
- P-coumaric acid2
- Salicylic acid2
- Coumarins1
- Scopoletin1
Plant parts
- Aerial part of plants3
- Roots and other underground parts3
Preparations
- Solvent extraction6
Recorded constituents
What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.
| Substance | Plant part | Preparation | Concentration | Analytical method | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coumarins | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | — | Resolve DOI |
| P-coumaric acid | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | — | Resolve DOI |
| Salicylic acid | Roots and other underground parts | Solvent extraction | — | — | Resolve DOI |
| P-coumaric acid | Aerial part of plants | Solvent extraction | — | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | No resolvable identifier |
| Salicylic acid | Aerial part of plants | Solvent extraction | — | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | No resolvable identifier |
| Scopoletin | Aerial part of plants | Solvent extraction | — | Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography) | No resolvable identifier |
Cited sources
The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.
- Gudej, J., Bieganowska, M. L. Chromatographic investigations of phenolic acids and coumarins in the leaves and flowers of some species of the genus Althaea. Journal of liquid chromatography, 1990, p. 4081-4092.
- Ahuja, V.K., Gulati, M., Lakhanpal, S., Goswami, M., Ahmad, S. Joshanda: A traditional herbal approach for treatment of respiratory Catarrh. Current respiratory medicine reviews, 2009, vol. 5, no. 2, p. 81-89. DOI
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