Corpus ID: 212502315

The Pharmaceutical Importance of Althaea officinalis and Althaea rosea : A Review

@inproceedings{AlSnafi2013ThePI,
  title={The Pharmaceutical Importance of Althaea officinalis and Althaea rosea : A Review},
  author={A. E. Al-Snafi},
  year={2013}
}

A. E. Al-Snafi

Published 2013

Two species of the genus Althea (Malvaceae) were grown in Iraq, Althaea officinalis and Althaea rosea. Althaea officinalis contained pectins 11% , starch 25-35% , mono-, and di-saccharide, saccharose 10% , mucilage 5%, flavonoids (Hypolaetin-8-glucoside, isoquercitrin, kaempferol, caffeic, pcoumaric acid), coumarins, scopoletin, phytosterols, tannins, asparagine and many amino acids. The previous studies showed that Althaea officinalis possessed antimicrobial, antiinflammatory, immunomodulatory… CONTINUE READING

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