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Plant 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.
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
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Fruit not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Seed not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Flower 76000.0 804000.0 0.78 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 92000.0 765000.0 1.22 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed not available 557000.0 0.13 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Calyx not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 Seed not available 168000.0 0.58 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CHOLESTEROL 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Flower 0.6 5.4 1.18 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-12,13-EPOXY-CIS-9-OCTADECENOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
CITRIC-ACID 23 Flower 6233.0 56667.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit 37400.0 170000.0 2.13 Duke, 1992 *
CLEOMISCOSIN-A 4 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CLEOMISCOSIN-C 2 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CLEOMISCOSIN-D 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CLEROSTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Flower 0.6 5.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Flower 5.6 6.2 -1.28 Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
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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
Antienteritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepitheleomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antifibrotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *