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Plant Abelmoschus esculentus (Malvaceae)

Common Names
Okra
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
12,13-EPOXYOLEIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
2-O-(D-GALACTOPYRANOSYLURONIC-ACID)-L-RHAMOSE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Wealth of India.
3,5,3'',4',5-PENTAHYDROXY-7-METHOXYFLAVONOL-5'-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
3-METHYL-1-BUTANOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Wealth of India.
4-O-BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSYL-D-GALACTOSE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Wealth of India.
9-HEXADECENOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ALANINE 3 Fruit 730.0 7300.0 1.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-TERPENYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Oil not available 310.0 -0.24 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Seed not available 304.0 0.23 Wealth of India.
ARABINOSE 0 Fruit not available 180.0 not available Wealth of India.
ARGININE 14 Fruit 840.0 8450.0 1.10 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 130.0 2340.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant 190.0 2340.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 7000.0 70000.0 0.35 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH 0 Seed not available 47400.0 -0.01 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 1450.0 14820.0 0.61 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit not available 150.0 -0.60 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 810.0 8100.0 0.98 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CALCIUM 28 Seed 2100.0 2820.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anhydrotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 4 Martindale's 28th
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergenic 1 Duke, 1992 *