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Plant Phyllanthus emblica (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Emblic; Myrobalan
How this plant is used
Food
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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
CHEBULAGINIC-ACID 0 Fruit 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.
CHEBULIC-ACID 0 Fruit 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.
CHEBULININIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHIBULINIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHIBULINIC-ACID 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLORIDE 0 Fruit 355.0 1757.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 3.0 14.0 0.09 Duke, 1992 *
CORILAGIC-ACID 0 Fruit 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.
CORILAGIN 13 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CORILAGIN 13 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Fruit not available 0.0 -1.08 Duke, 1992 *
D-FRUCTOSE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EMBLICOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EMBLICOL 0 Pericarp not available 45000.0 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
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproteolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsychotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antipurpuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 9 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.