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
5-METHYL-2-FURALDEHYDE	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6,10,14-TRIMETHYL-2-PENTADECANONE	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ACETIC-ACID	16	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ACIDS	0	Flower	150000.0	300000.0	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
ALLOHYDROXYCITRIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	230000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-4-DIMETHYL-3-CYCLOHEXYL-1-ACETALDEHYDE	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FARNESENE	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Seed	not available	500.0	0.86	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Flower	14.0	125.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
ANISALDEHYDE	7	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ANISALDEHYDE	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ANTHOCYANINS	30	Calyx	10000.0	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINANS	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	5	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	8	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticatarrh	1	Martindale's 29th
Anticephalagic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticholinesterase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antichorea	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antichoreic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticirrhotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant	1	Merck 11th Edition