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Common Names
Okra
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Fruit | 240.0 | 2400.0 | 1.87 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Fruit | 2200.0 | 32500.0 | 1.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Seed | not available | 8200.0 | -0.38 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| PROLINE | 0 | Fruit | 450.0 | 14930.0 | 3.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Fruit | 2000.0 | 122000.0 | 0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 193800.0 | 200600.0 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PUFA | 4 | Fruit | 270.0 | 2700.0 | -0.65 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| QUERCETIN-3-DIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| QUERCETIN-3-TRIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| QUERCETIN-4'-DIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| QUERCETIN-4'-GLUCOSIDE | 1 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| QUERCETIN-5-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| QUERCETIN-5-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| QUERCETIN-7-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| RHAMNOSE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 600.0 | not available | Wealth of India. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Fruit | 0.6 | 7.0 | 0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Seed | not available | 1.4 | -0.81 | Wealth of India. |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Fruit | not available | 5.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Fruit | 440.0 | 4510.0 | 0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiencephalopathic | 7 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiencephalopathic? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiendometriotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antienteritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antienterotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiepileptic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiescherichic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 3 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifatigue | 6 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antifeedant | 3 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antifertility | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrosarcomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 2 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastric | 1 | Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85. |
| Antigastritic | 4 | Martindale's 29th |