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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
12,13-EPOXYOLEIC-ACID 0 Seed 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 Wealth of India.
3,5,3'',4',5-PENTAHYDROXY-7-METHOXYFLAVONOL-5'-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower Wealth of India.
3-METHYL-1-BUTANOL 0 Fruit Wealth of India.
4-O-BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSYL-D-GALACTOSE 0 Fruit Wealth of India.
9-HEXADECENOIC-ACID 0 Seed 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 Wealth of India.
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Oil 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 304.0 0.23 Wealth of India.
ARABINOSE 0 Fruit 180.0 Wealth of India.
ARGININE 14 Fruit 840.0 8450.0 1.10 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 130.0 2340.0 -0.14 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant 190.0 2340.0 -0.04 *
ASH 0 Fruit 7000.0 70000.0 0.35 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH 0 Seed 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 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit 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 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihomocystinuric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 8 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiielus? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiimplantation 1 *
Antiimpotence 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfarctal 1 Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 12 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinsomniac 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic 1 *