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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
HIBISCETIN 0 Flower *
HIBISCIC-ACID 0 Flower 153000.0 230000.0 *
HIBISCIN 0 Flower *
HIBISCIN-CHLORIDE 2 Plant ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HIBISCITRIN 0 Flower *
HIBISCRETIN 0 Flower CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
HIBISCUS-ACID 1 Flower 230000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACIDS 0 Flower *
HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACIDS 0 Flower *
IBISCIC-ACID 0 Flower 27500.0 250000.0 *
IRON 6 Flower 0.7 6.0 -1.06 *
IRON 6 Leaf 15.0 333.0 -0.08 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ISOAMYL-ALCOHOL 3 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ISOAMYL-ALCOHOL 3 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ISOAMYL-ALCOHOL 3 Seed Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ISOPROPYL-ALCOHOL 2 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ISOPROPYL-ALCOHOL 2 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ISOPROPYL-ALCOHOL 2 Seed Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
LIMONENE 60 Calyx *
LINALOOL 53 Calyx *
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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 *