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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
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 133.0 658.0 -0.74 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 5.0 163.0 0.12 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 120.0 595.0 -0.91 Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 4 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.
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 580.0 3650.0 -0.02 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 219.0 1084.0 -0.85 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCODELPHINIDIN 2 Bark not available 37500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed not available 70400.0 -0.31 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 14050.0 -0.33 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPENONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
LUPEOL 21 Bark not available 22500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 170.0 1168.0 -0.76 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 118.0 584.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 11.0 55.0 -0.04 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