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Plant Phyllanthus emblica (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Emblic; Myrobalan
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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
Immunosuppressant 3 Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 1 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Insectifuge 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 1 Merck 11th Edition
JNK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Larvistat 2 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative 4 Duke, 1992 *
Leptingenic 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