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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Phyllanthus amarus (Euphorbiaceae)

How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1-6-DI-GALLOYL-GLUCOPYRANOSE 0 Shoot 19.0 *
4-O-GALLOYL-QUINIC ACID 0 Shoot *
AMARIIN 1 Shoot 1000.0 *
AMARIINIC ACID 0 Shoot *
AMARULONE 0 Plant *
CORILAGIN 13 Shoot 351.3 *
ELAEOCARPUSIN 1 Shoot *
EPIBUBBIALINE 0 Leaf 100.0 *
FUROSIN 1 Shoot *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Shoot 865.0 -0.69 *
GALLOCATECHIN 0 Shoot 67.5 *
GERANIIN 21 Plant *
GERANIIN 21 Shoot 10270.0 *
GERANIINIC ACID 0 Shoot *
HYPOPHYLLANTHIN 1 Branches 270.0 *
HYPOPHYLLANTHIN 1 Fruit 40.0 1810.0 *
HYPOPHYLLANTHIN 1 Leaf 2710.0 *
HYPOPHYLLANTHIN 1 Root 100.0 *
HYPOPHYLLANTHIN 1 Shoot 59.0 *
HYPOPHYLLANTHIN 1 Stem 160.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 (View) Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinomic 1 (View) *
Anticataract 1 (View) *
Anticlastogen 1 (View) *
Anticonvulsant 1 (View) Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
AntiCVI 1 (View) *
Antidementia 1 (View) Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Antidermatitic 1 (View) Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidiabetic 1 (View) Jin, G-Z., Yamagata, Y., and Tomita, K.-i. 1989. Structure of Rutin Pentamethanol. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(2): 297-300, 1990.
Antiedemic 1 (View) *
Antielastase 1 (View) *
Antierythemic 1 (View) *
Antiescherichic 1 (View) *
Antifeedant 2 (View) Russell, G. B., Phytochemical resources for crop protection, N. Z. J. Technol., 2, 1986, 127-134.
Antifibrinolytic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antiflu 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiglaucomic 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihematuric 1 (View) *
Antihemorrhoidal 1 (View) *
Antihepatotoxic 5 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.