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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (Malvaceae)

Common Names
Chinese hibiscus, Shoe-flower

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Flower 40.0 405.0 -0.71 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 75.0 750.0 2.13 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CALCIUM 28 Flower 40.0 395.0 -1.49 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CYANIDIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CYANIDIN-CHLORIDE 1 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CYANIDIN-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FAT 0 Flower 3600.0 35290.0 -0.35 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FIBER 15 Flower 15600.0 152960.0 0.26 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HENTRIACONTANE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
IRON 6 Flower 17.0 165.0 -0.02 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
KILOCALORIES 0 Flower 360.0 3530.0 1.45 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
METHYL-10-OXO-11-OCTADECYNOATE 2 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
METHYL-8-OXO-9-OCTADECYNOATE 2 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
NIACIN 39 Flower 6.0 60.0 -0.34 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
NITROGEN 0 Flower 640.0 6275.0 -1.00 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Flower 265.0 2615.0 -0.46 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
QUERCETIN 176 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Flower 0.4 4.7 -0.35 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
THIAMIN 31 Flower 0.3 3.0 -0.68 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
WATER 0 Flower 898000.0 0.56 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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