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

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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
ISOBUBBIALINE	0	Leaf	not available	120.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Shoot	not available	122.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
NORSECURININE	0	Leaf	not available	180.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLANTHIN	2	Branches	not available	670.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLANTHIN	2	Fruit	170.0	5100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLANTHIN	2	Leaf	not available	7090.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLANTHIN	2	Root	not available	120.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLANTHIN	2	Shoot	not available	262.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLANTHIN	2	Stem	not available	580.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLANTHINE	0	Leaf	not available	260.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLANTHUSIIN D	0	Shoot	not available	162.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
REPANDUSINIC ACID B	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Shoot	not available	1378.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
SECURININE	7	Leaf	not available	210.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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 *