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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hemostat | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostatic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hepatomagenic | 2 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 224. |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Hyperglycemic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hypertensive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypnotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypoammonemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoarginanemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 12 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 7 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipidemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ICAM-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 8 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Immunostimulant | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |