Okra samangokhala ndi kashiamu wofanana ndi mkaka watsopano, komanso amakhala ndi calcium yokwanira 50-60%, yomwe imakhala yowirikiza kawiri mkaka, choncho ndi gwero labwino la calcium. Nsomba za Okra zimakhala ndi pectin ndi mucin zosungunuka m'madzi, zomwe zimatha kuchepetsa kuyamwa kwa shuga m'thupi, kuchepetsa kufunikira kwa insulini m'thupi, kulepheretsa kuyamwa kwa cholesterol, kukonza lipids m'magazi, ndikuchotsa poizoni. Kuphatikiza apo, okra alinso ndi carotenoids, yomwe imatha kulimbikitsa katulutsidwe wamba komanso kuchitapo kanthu kwa insulin kuti muchepetse shuga wamagazi.