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Plant Phyllanthus amarus (Euphorbiaceae)

How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
1-6-DI-GALLOYL-GLUCOPYRANOSE 0 Shoot not available 19.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
4-O-GALLOYL-QUINIC ACID 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMARIIN 1 Shoot not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
AMARIINIC ACID 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMARULONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CORILAGIN 13 Shoot not available 351.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELAEOCARPUSIN 1 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIBUBBIALINE 0 Leaf not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FUROSIN 1 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Shoot not available 865.0 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
GALLOCATECHIN 0 Shoot not available 67.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIIN 21 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIIN 21 Shoot not available 10270.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIINIC ACID 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPOPHYLLANTHIN 1 Branches not available 270.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPOPHYLLANTHIN 1 Fruit 40.0 1810.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPOPHYLLANTHIN 1 Leaf not available 2710.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPOPHYLLANTHIN 1 Root not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPOPHYLLANTHIN 1 Shoot not available 59.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPOPHYLLANTHIN 1 Stem not available 160.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Adrenocorticotrophic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenovirus 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaggregant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergenic 2 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiapoplectic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 1 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticancer 3 Duke, 1992 *