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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
ARABINOGALACTANS 0 Flower *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Flower 22.0 200.0 -0.77 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 540.0 3750.0 -0.05 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Flower 2200.0 20000.0 -1.11 *
ASH 0 Leaf 10000.0 111000.0 -0.14 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Flower 1.0 9.0 -0.48 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 41.0 555.0 1.28 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GALACTOSIDE 0 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BETA-SITOSTERYL-BENZOATE 0 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CALCIUM 28 Flower 374.0 3400.0 -0.66 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 2130.0 14792.0 -0.25 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CALCIUM 28 Seed 3200.0 6000.0 0.34 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antienteritic 1 *
Antienterotic 1 *
Antiepileptic 4 *
Antiepitheleomic 1 *
Antiesophagitic 1 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 7 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 5 *
Antifertility 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 2 *
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antifibrotic 3 *
Antiflu 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 2 *
Antigastritic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigastrotic 1 *
Antigenotoxic 1 *
Antigingivitic 1 *