Ọ bụghị naanị na okra nwere calcium nke kwekọrọ na mmiri ara ehi ọhụrụ, kamakwa ọ nwere ọnụego nnabata calcium nke 50-60%, nke bụ mmiri ara ehi okpukpu abụọ, ya mere ọ bụ ezigbo isi iyi calcium. Okra mucilage nwere pectin na mucin soluble mmiri, nke nwere ike ibelata mmịnye shuga nke anụ ahụ, belata agụụ anụ ahụ maka insulin, gbochie nnabata nke cholesterol, meziwanye lipids ọbara, na iwepu nsị. Na mgbakwunye, okra nwekwara carotenoids, nke nwere ike ịkwalite nzuzo nzuzo na ọrụ insulin iji dozie ọkwa shuga dị n'ọbara.