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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
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed *
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Seed 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 557000.0 0.13 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Calyx *
CELLULOSE 1 Seed 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 *
CHROMIUM 24 Flower 0.6 5.4 1.18 *
CIS-12,13-EPOXY-CIS-9-OCTADECENOIC-ACID 0 Seed =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 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit 37400.0 170000.0 2.13 *
CLEOMISCOSIN-A 4 Root Bark *
CLEOMISCOSIN-C 2 Root Bark *
CLEOMISCOSIN-D 0 Root Bark *
CLEROSTEROL 0 Seed *
COBALT 2 Flower 0.6 5.0 -0.28 *
COPPER 12 Flower 5.6 6.2 -1.28 *
CYANIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower =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
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Gastroprotective 3 *
Glutathione-Depleting 1 *
Goitrogenic 1 *
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide 2 *
Gram(-)icide 2 *
GST-Inducer 1 *
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemopoietic 1 *
Hemostat 4 *
Hemostatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hepatoprotective 7 *
Hepatotonic 2 *
Hepatotoxic 3 Martindale's 29th
Herbicide 4 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Herpetifuge 1 *
Histaminic 1 *
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Hypercholesterolemic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypertensive 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.