Plant Phyllanthus acidus (Euphorbiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Indian Gooseberry; Otaheite Gooseberry

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	20.0	1279.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	4000.0	70000.0	0.35	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	0.0	8.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	60.0	2326.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	52000.0	832000.0	0.26	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	4000.0	209000.0	0.96	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	13000.0	244000.0	0.97	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	11.0	372.0	0.95	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Fruit	340.0	4300.0	0.97	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Fruit	4.0	58.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	200.0	2442.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	1510.0	15895.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	8000.0	116000.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	0.1	2.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Fruit	60.0	632.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	0.1	6.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	905000.0	914000.0	0.62	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Allergenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaging	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antianxiety	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.