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
3-6-DI-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-6-DI-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Fruit	240.0	1190.0	-0.99	Duke, 1992 *
AMLAIC-ACID	0	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.
ARGININE	14	Fruit	176.0	871.0	-0.92	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	110.0	27293.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Plant	not available	15610.0	3.07	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
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	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.
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Tissue Culture	not available	5500.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Fruit	2.0	11.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	120.0	2660.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHEBULAGIC-ACID	8	Shoot	not available	not available	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
Copper-Chelator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	5	Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 359.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent	2	Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Depressant	1	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic?	2	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	1	Martindale's 29th
Emollient	1	Martindale's 29th