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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
TARTARIC-ACID	6	Root	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TETRAHYDRO-2,2-DIMETHYL-5-(1-METHYLPROPYL)-FURAN	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Flower	0.0	3.0	-0.68	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	0.0	12.0	0.77	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THIAMINE	0	Flower	0.1	0.5	-1.38	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Flower	1.0	10.0	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROL	93	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROLS	0	Seed	not available	2000.0	0.88	Duke, 1992 *
UTALONIC-ACID	0	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.
WATER	0	Flower	not available	890000.0	0.51	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Leaf	not available	856000.0	0.24	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
WATER	0	Seed	76000.0	129000.0	-0.38	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
XYLOSE	3	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
ZINC	77	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
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).