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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
3-6-DI-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Fruit *
3-6-DI-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Shoot *
ALANINE 3 Fruit 240.0 1190.0 -0.99 *
AMLAIC-ACID 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ARGININE 14 Fruit 176.0 871.0 -0.92 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 110.0 27293.0 1.41 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant 15610.0 3.07 *
ASH 0 Fruit 4000.0 25000.0 -0.82 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 361.0 1785.0 -1.10 *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.0 4.0 -0.14 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Bark List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed Oil *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Shoot *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Tissue Culture 5500.0 1.41 *
BORON 4 Fruit 2.0 11.0 -0.58 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 120.0 2660.0 -0.28 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 141000.0 952000.0 0.90 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CHEBULAGIC-ACID 8 Fruit *
CHEBULAGIC-ACID 8 Shoot *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Apoptotic 8 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide 1 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 3 Martindale's 29th
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 2 Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchodilator 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 2 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 3 *
Cancer-Preventive 22 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candida-SAP-Inhibitor 1 *
Candidicide 3 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.