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

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
METHIONINE	15	Fruit	20.0	355.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
MYO-INOSITOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Fruit	not available	1520.0	-0.20	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Fruit	2.0	12.0	-0.65	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NITROGEN	0	Fruit	1100.0	5445.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	not available	45440.0	-0.61	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	not available	4785.0	-0.60	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	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.
PHENYLALANINE	7	Fruit	133.0	658.0	-0.93	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	200.0	1390.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLANTIDINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLANTIDINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLANTIDINE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLANTINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLANTINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLANTINE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLEMBLIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	63000.0	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
Antiretinopathic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscoliotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antisecretory	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	7	Martindale's 28th
Antiserotonin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antishingles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling	2	Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antispare-Tire	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antispasmodic	8	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antispasmophilic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistaphylococcic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antistreptococcic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antistress	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.