An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Plant Phyllanthus emblica (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Emblic; Myrobalan
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ETHYL-GALLATE 5 Fruit not available not available not available Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
FAT 0 Fruit 1000.0 31000.0 -0.40 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Seed not available 160000.0 -0.56 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FIBER 15 Fruit 19000.0 180000.0 0.36 Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Fruit not available 50000.0 1.43 Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Pericarp not available 50000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 1 Fruit not available 800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 1 Tissue Culture 3700.0 5200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLO-TANNIN 2 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GIBBERELLIN-A-1 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-3 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-4 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-7 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-9 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOGALLIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOGALLIN 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 1320.0 6535.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 198.0 980.0 -1.02 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
Antineuropathic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiophidic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxalate 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 22 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant? 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic 1 Duke, 1992 *