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
TANNIN	35	Bark	80000.0	166400.0	0.22	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Fruit	not available	280000.0	1.79	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Leaf	18000.0	22000.0	-1.08	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Twig	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERCHEBIN	1	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.
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	0.3	1.9	-0.44	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THREONINE	4	Fruit	135.0	668.0	-0.98	Duke, 1992 *
TRIGALLOYL-GLUCOSE	0	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.
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Fruit	30.0	131.0	-1.01	Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
TYROSINE	8	Fruit	116.0	575.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Fruit	159.0	785.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	771000.0	841000.0	0.31	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ZEATIN	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZEATIN-NUCLEOTIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZEATIN-RIBOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Fruit	18.0	89.0	1.77	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