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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Abelmoschus esculentus (Malvaceae)

Common Names
Okra
How this plant is used
Food

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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
GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Fruit 360.0 Wealth of India.
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL 14 Oil 430.0 0.23 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 2710.0 27100.0 1.08 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 440.0 4400.0 0.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GOSSYPETIN 7 Flower ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GOSSYPETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE-8-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower Wealth of India.
GOSSYPETIN-8-GLUCOSIDE 2 Flower Wealth of India.
GOSSYPETIN-8-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower Wealth of India.
GOSSYPOL 54 Seed 32.0 70.0 -0.55 *
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 310.0 3100.0 0.97 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
IRON 6 Fruit 8.0 150.0 0.07 *
ISOBUTYL-ALCOHOL 2 Fruit Wealth of India.
ISOBUTYL-ALCOHOL 2 Leaf Wealth of India.
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 550.0 6900.0 0.98 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 180.0 3800.0 0.21 *
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 1050.0 10500.0 1.15 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 32575.0 89760.0 -0.15 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 810.0 8100.0 1.03 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 380.0 6000.0 1.79 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 10.0 100.0 0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cardioprotective 8 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Caspase-3-Inducer 1 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 1 *
Chemopreventive 2 *
Choleretic 2 *
Circulotonic 2 *
CNS-Depressant 2 Martindale's 28th
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 2 *
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic 1 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Contraceptive (Male) 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Copper-Antagonist 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
Copper-Chelator 1 *
Cosmetic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.