Plant Hibiscus sabdariffa (Malvaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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

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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
5-METHYL-2-FURALDEHYDE	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6,10,14-TRIMETHYL-2-PENTADECANONE	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ACETIC-ACID	16	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ACIDS	0	Flower	150000.0	300000.0	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
ALLOHYDROXYCITRIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	230000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-4-DIMETHYL-3-CYCLOHEXYL-1-ACETALDEHYDE	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FARNESENE	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Seed	not available	500.0	0.86	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Flower	14.0	125.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
ANISALDEHYDE	7	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ANISALDEHYDE	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ANTHOCYANINS	30	Calyx	10000.0	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINANS	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	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
AntiMD	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimeasles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's	1	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine	4	Martindale's 29th
Antimite	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimorphinic	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiMS	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic	15	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyocarditic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimyoclonic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *