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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.
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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 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 5 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 3 Duke, 1992 *