Hibiscus sabdariffa L., roselle calyx, from ethnobotany to pharmacology

• Main Authors: Carvajal Zarrabal, Octavio, María, Dulce, Barradas, Dermitz, Flores, Zaida Orta, Margaret, Patricia, Hayward, Jones, Cirilo, Nolasco-Hipolito, M Guadalupe, Aguilar Uscanga, Anilú Miranda, Medina, Kopli, Bujang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dovepress 2012
• Subjects: AC Collections. Series. Collected works
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2275/1/Hibiscus.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2275/; http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JEP.S27974

Using MEDLINE and SCOPUS databases, a review of the literature from the pioneering study of 1991 until 2010 was performed on the effects on biological models of Hibiscus sabdariffa L. roselle calyx, its extracts mainly in polar solvents, or pure components found in extracts, as well as their possibl...