Hibiscus sabdariffa L. - A phytochemical and pharmacological review

Food Chemistry

Volumn 165, Issue , 2014, Pages 424-443

  Da Costa Rocha, Inês ^a   Bonnlaender, Bernd ^b   Sievers, Hartwig ^c   Pischel, Ivo ^a,c   Heinrich, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Plantextrakt GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

^c PhytoLab GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Anti diabetic; Anti oxidant; Hibiscus acid; Hydroxycitric acid; Lipid metabolism (anti cholesterol); Malvaceae; Nephro and hepato protective; Protocatechuic acid; Renal diuretic effect; Roselle

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGES; CHOLESTEROL; CITRIC ACID; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEMP; METABOLISM; OXIDANTS;

ANTI DIABETICS; HYDROXYCITRIC ACIDS; LIPID METABOLISMS; MALVACEAE; NEPHRO- AND HEPATO-PROTECTIVE; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID; RENAL/DIURETIC EFFECT; ROSELLE;

ANTHOCYANINS;

ANTHOCYANIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CITRIC ACID; CYANIDIN 3 SAMBUBIOSIDE; DELPHINIDIN 3 SAMBUBIOSIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; FLAVONOID; FLAVORING AGENT; GLUCOSIDASE; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA EXTRACT; HYDROXYCITRIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PECTIN; PHTHALOCYANINE DERIVATIVE; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BOTANY; CANCER PREVENTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ENZYME INHIBITION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KARYOTYPE; LACTATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER PROTECTION; MUCILAGE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPECIES CULTIVATION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 84902673519     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.05.002     Document Type: Review

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