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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Hibiscus sabdariffa (Malvaceae)

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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
5-METHYL-2-FURALDEHYDE 0 Calyx *
6,10,14-TRIMETHYL-2-PENTADECANONE 0 Calyx *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Calyx *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ACETIC-ACID 16 Seed Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ACIDS 0 Flower 150000.0 300000.0 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
ALLOHYDROXYCITRIC-ACID 0 Flower 230000.0 *
ALPHA-4-DIMETHYL-3-CYCLOHEXYL-1-ACETALDEHYDE 0 Calyx *
ALPHA-FARNESENE 0 Calyx *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Calyx *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Calyx *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Seed Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Seed 500.0 0.86 *
ALUMINUM 5 Flower 14.0 125.0 0.47 *
ANISALDEHYDE 7 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ANISALDEHYDE 7 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ANTHOCYANINS 30 Calyx 10000.0 20000.0 *
ARABINANS 0 Flower *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiAGE 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 5 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Antiaging 4 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 5 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialopecic 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic 1 *
Antianaphylactic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 3 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaphthic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiapoptotic 1 *