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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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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Emollient | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Encephalopathic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Enterocontractant | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Enterorelaxant | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Estrogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Expectorant | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fatal | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Flatugenic | 1 | Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994. |
| FLavor | 19 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
| Fungistat | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungitoxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| GABA-nergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |