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

Plant Phyllanthus emblica (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Emblic, Myrobalan
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TANNIN 35 Bark 80000.0 166400.0 0.22 *
TANNIN 35 Fruit 280000.0 1.79 *
TANNIN 35 Leaf 18000.0 22000.0 -1.08 *
TANNIN 35 Twig *
TERCHEBIN 1 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.3 1.9 -0.44 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THREONINE 4 Fruit 135.0 668.0 -0.98 *
TRIGALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 30.0 131.0 -1.01 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 116.0 575.0 -0.76 *
VALINE 3 Fruit 159.0 785.0 -0.76 *
WATER 0 Fruit 771000.0 841000.0 0.31 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ZEATIN 2 Fruit *
ZEATIN-NUCLEOTIDE 0 Fruit *
ZEATIN-RIBOSIDE 0 Fruit *
ZINC 77 Fruit 18.0 89.0 1.77 *
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