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Common Names
Emblic; Myrobalan
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHYLLEMBLIC-ACID | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 63000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYLLEMBLIN | 2 | 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. |
| PHYLLEMBLINIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | 40000.0 | 90000.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| POLYSACCHARIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Fruit | 1710.0 | 13960.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Fruit | 652.0 | 3225.0 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Fruit | 700.0 | 44000.0 | -0.88 | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Tissue Culture | not available | 11850.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Fruit | 0.4 | 2.5 | -0.54 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| RUTIN | 87 | Fruit | not available | 4600.0 | -0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUTIN | 87 | Leaf | not available | 21000.0 | 0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Fruit | 2.4 | 12.0 | 2.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Fruit | 183.0 | 905.0 | -0.97 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICA | 0 | Fruit | 235.0 | 1163.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Fruit | 42.0 | 1384.0 | -0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | Fruit | 1800.0 | 8910.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | not available | 3440.0 | -0.49 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Fruit | 2600.0 | 12970.0 | -0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFUR | 14 | Fruit | 166.0 | 820.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antistroke | 2 | 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 |
| Antisunburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisyndrome-X | 5 | 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 |
| Antithiamin | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69. |
| Antithrombic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithrombogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithyroid | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitinnitic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitriglyceride | 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 |
| Antitrypanosomic | 2 | Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991. |
| Antitumor | 10 | Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990. |
| Antitumor (Bladder) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (brain) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Breast) | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (CNS) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Colon) | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Gastric) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Lung) | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |