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Abelmoschus esculentus

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 3 constituent measurements for Abelmoschus esculentus. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench

3Constituent measurements

0Safety records

1Cited sources

29Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Hibiscus esculentus L.

Synonyms are carried from the source compendium. A species may be traded and studied under more than one name, which is exactly how a safety record gets lost.

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 29 licensed products naming Abelmoschus esculentus as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Extract types on licence

Dry
Fresh

Source material stated

Abelmoschus esculentus- whole plant
Fruit
Fruit fibre
Fruit(s)
Leaf
Seed pod
Whole plant

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
Alkaloids	Live plants	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Live plants	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Live plants	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Danamma, B., Aruna Kumari, K., Jayasimha Goud, B., Nizamuddin Basha, S. Diuretic activity and study of biochemical parameters in the methanol extract of Hibiscus esculentus (OKRA) fresh fruits. International journal of pharmacy and biological sciences, 2011, p. 160-169.

Boundary

A constituent measurement is a fact about material at a stated preparation, not a statement about what that material does in a person. An adverse-effect or genotoxicity record is an observation reported in a source, most often in an animal or laboratory model. Neither is a Metatron Health conclusion about causality, human risk or benefit, and the absence of a record is not proof that a preparation is safe. Nothing here is diagnosis, prescribing or individual medical care.

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