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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
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 210.0 2100.0 1.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MUCILAGE 3 Fruit 6000.0 -0.80 Wealth of India.
MUFA 13 Fruit 170.0 1700.0 -0.23 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 360.0 1540.0 -0.28 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 10.0 100.0 0.53 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 43920.0 100190.0 -0.16 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit 8.0 103.0 -0.30 *
P-TOLUALDEHYDE 0 Fruit Wealth of India.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 33920.0 66440.0 0.67 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed 730.0 880.0 -0.28 Wealth of India.
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 2.0 24.0 0.38 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PECTIN 24 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PECTIN 24 Seed 21500.0 -0.40 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PENTOSANS 0 Seed 142700.0 1.34 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHENYALANINE 0 Fruit 650.0 6500.0 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 650.0 6500.0 1.10 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 630.0 6300.0 0.94 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 7900.0 0.67 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Plant 0.4 -0.04 Booth, S. L., Suttie, J. W. 1998. Dietary intake and adequacy of vitamin K. J. Nutrition, 128(5): 785-788.
PHYTATE 0 Fruit 50.0 2900.0 -0.36 *
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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 *