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

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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 *

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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
Antiherpetic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypertensive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	4	Kroes, B.H., et al. 1991. Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Gallic Acid. Planta Medica, 58(6): 499.
Antileishmanic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	2	Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary*, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimelanomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMRSA	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antinephritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant	5	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Antiparylytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	1	Duke, 1992 *