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Plant 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
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Root not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TETRAHYDRO-2,2-DIMETHYL-5-(1-METHYLPROPYL)-FURAN 0 Calyx not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Flower 0.0 3.0 -0.68 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.0 12.0 0.77 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THIAMINE 0 Flower 0.1 0.5 -1.38 Duke, 1992 *
TIN 4 Flower 1.0 10.0 -0.81 Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROL 93 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROLS 0 Seed not available 2000.0 0.88 Duke, 1992 *
UTALONIC-ACID 0 Flower not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
WATER 0 Flower not available 890000.0 0.51 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Leaf not available 856000.0 0.24 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
WATER 0 Seed 76000.0 129000.0 -0.38 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
XYLOSE 3 Calyx not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
ZINC 77 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytotoxic 4 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 359.
Decongestant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Degranulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Delta-9-Desaturase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Demulcent 3 Duke, 1992 *
Dentifrice 2 Martindale's 29th
Deodorant 2 Martindale's 29th
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diagnostic 1 Martindale's 28th
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Edemagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Elastase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 2 Duke, 1992 *