Plant Hibiscus sabdariffa (Malvaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
OCTANAL	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
OXALIC-ACID	9	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.
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PECTIN	24	Calyx	not available	31900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Fruit	not available	10200.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PELARGONIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PENTOSANS	0	Seed	not available	158000.0	1.66	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHOSPHORUS	4	Flower	110.0	1000.0	-1.14	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	480.0	6458.0	0.27	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	not available	6000.0	0.17	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Flower	1034.0	9400.0	-1.01	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDINS	34	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROPIONIC-ACID	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PROPIONIC-ACID	6	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PROTEIN	0	Flower	6600.0	60000.0	-0.96	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID	43	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
Gastroprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathione-Depleting	1	Duke, 1992 *
Goitrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide	2	Duke, 1992 *
GST-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemolytic	1	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemopoietic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat	4	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostatic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hepatoprotective	7	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Histaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
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.