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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CYANIDIN-3-D(2-GLUCOSYL)-RUTINOSIDE 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
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Calyx Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CYANIDIN-3-SAMBUBIOSIDE 0 Calyx *
CYANIDIN-3-SAMBUBIOSIDE 0 Flower *
CYANIDIN-3-XYLOGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
DELPHINIDIN 9 Calyx *
DELPHINIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 1 Calyx *
DELPHINIDIN-3-SAMBUBIOSIDE 0 Calyx Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
DELPHINIDIN-3-XYLOGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
DELPHININ 0 Flower Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
DELTA-5-AVENASTEROL 1 Seed *
DELTA-TOCOPHEROL 4 Seed 10.0 -1.00 *
EPOXYOLEIC-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
ERGOSTEROL 5 Seed *
ETHANOL 24 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ETHANOL 24 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ETHANOL 24 Seed Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
EUGENOL 76 Calyx *
EXO-2-HYDROXYCINEOLE 0 Calyx *
FAT 0 Flower 1100.0 10000.0 -0.75 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarachidonate 1 *
Antiarrhythmic 5 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 3 *
Antiarthritic 13 *
Antiasthmatic 9 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 12 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 20 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 *
AntiBPH 1 *
Antibronchitic 2 *
Antibronchoconstrictor 1 *
Anticalculic 1 *
Anticancer 9 *
Anticancer (Breast) 2 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.