Common Names
Roselle; Indian Sorrel; Jamaica Sorrel; Kharkadi; Red Sorrel; Sorrel; Malventee (Ger.); Rosella (Ger.); Acedera de Guinea (Sp.); Rosa de Jamaica (Sp.); Sereni (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Food
Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
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CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CAPRYLIC-ACID | 5 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
CAPRYLIC-ACID | 5 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Flower | 76000.0 | 804000.0 | 0.78 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 92000.0 | 765000.0 | 1.22 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | not available | 557000.0 | 0.13 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Calyx | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CELLULOSE | 1 | Seed | not available | 168000.0 | 0.58 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
CHOLESTEROL | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CHROMIUM | 24 | Flower | 0.6 | 5.4 | 1.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
CIS-12,13-EPOXY-CIS-9-OCTADECENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp |
CITRIC-ACID | 23 | Flower | 6233.0 | 56667.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CITRIC-ACID | 23 | Fruit | 37400.0 | 170000.0 | 2.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
CLEOMISCOSIN-A | 4 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CLEOMISCOSIN-C | 2 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CLEOMISCOSIN-D | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CLEROSTEROL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
COBALT | 2 | Flower | 0.6 | 5.0 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
COPPER | 12 | Flower | 5.6 | 6.2 | -1.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
CYANIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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(-)-Chronotropic | 1 | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
(-)-Inotropic | 1 | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
5-HETE-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Absorbent | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Acaricide | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
Acarifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
ACE-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
AChE-Inhibitor | 1 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
Acidifier | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Acidulant | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Additive | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
Aggregant | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Allelochemic | 3 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
Allelopathic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Allergenic | 16 | Duke, 1992 * |
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |