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
Antigastritic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic	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.
Antigonadotropic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic	1	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic	1	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	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	4	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihomocystinuric	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihyperactivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.