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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
LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Calyx *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
MAGNESIUM 65 Flower 44.0 400.0 -1.74 *
MALEIC-ACID 0 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MALIC-ACID 15 Flower 6233.0 56667.0 1.00 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Leaf 12500.0 0.28 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MALIC-ACID 15 Stem 6000.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MALVALIC-ACID 0 Seed CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
MANGANESE 14 Flower 2.0 15.1 -0.34 *
MANNOSE 3 Calyx Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
METHANOL 2 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
METHANOL 2 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
METHANOL 2 Seed Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 Calyx *
MUCILAGE 3 Calyx 15000.0 650000.0 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NIACIN 39 Flower 1.3 12.0 -0.81 *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 12.0 132.0 0.42 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NITROGEN 0 Seed 32900.0 0.73 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
NONANAL 0 Calyx *
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List of plant activities.
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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.