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.
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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 *

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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
Capillariprotective	2	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective	7	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	2	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Colorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
COMT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist	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