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 |
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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 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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Antidiarrheic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
Antidiscotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antidote | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Antidote (Aluminum) | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
Antidote (Cadmium) | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antidote (Iodine) | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Antidote (Lead) | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antidote (Mercury) | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antidote (Paraquat) | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Antidysgeuzic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antidyskinetic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Antidysmenorrheic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antidyspeptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antidysphagic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antieczemic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antiedemic | 7 | Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990. |
Antielastase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiencephalitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antiencephalopathic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
Antiendometriotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |