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
(+)-ALLOOXYCITRONIC-ACID-LACTONE	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.
(E)-2-HEPTENAL	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-2-HEXENAL	2	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-3-HEXENOL	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,4-CINEOLE	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-HEXANOL	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-METHYL-4-(1-METHYLETHYL)-3-CYCLOHEXENOL	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,2-DIMETHYL-HEXANAL	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,3-DIMETHYLBUTANE	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,6-DIMETHYL-5,7-OCTADIEN-2-OL	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHENYLTETRAHYDRO-2,6,6-TRIMETHYL-2H-PYRAN	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHYL-FURAN	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HEXENOL	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-6-METHYLENE-7-OCTEN-2-OL	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PENTYL-FURAN	0	Calyx	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-1-BUTANOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
3-METHYL-1-BUTANOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
3-METHYL-1-BUTANOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
4-METHYL-1-(1-METHYLETHYL)-3-CYCLOHEXEN-1-OL-ACETATE	0	Calyx	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
Antiglaucomic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglutamaergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglycosation	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiglycosuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigout	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihalitosic	1	American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic	5	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	3	Duke, 1992 *