Plant Corchorus olitorius (Tiliaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Jew's Mallow; Mulukiya; Nalta Jute

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALANINE	3	Leaf	2560.0	20840.0	1.92	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Leaf	1830.0	20185.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	370.0	4080.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	15800.0	151000.0	0.57	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Leaf	5670.0	46150.0	1.21	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Seed	2030.0	2665.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	33.0	495.0	1.02	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	2080.0	18365.0	0.00	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	58000.0	633000.0	0.17	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CORCHORALIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CORCHORIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CORCHOROGENIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CORCHOROSIDE-A	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CORCHOROSIDE-B	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CORCHOROSOL-A	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COROLOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COROSIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CRYSIMOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Leaf	400.0	3250.0	0.28	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antibacterial	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticlimacteric	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticold	1	Duke, 1992 *