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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| METHIONINE | 15 | Fruit | 20.0 | 355.0 | -0.74 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYO-INOSITOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Fruit | not available | 1520.0 | -0.20 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Fruit | 2.0 | 12.0 | -0.65 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| NITROGEN | 0 | Fruit | 1100.0 | 5445.0 | -0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | not available | 45440.0 | -0.61 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | not available | 4785.0 | -0.60 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PECTIN | 24 | 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. |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Fruit | 133.0 | 658.0 | -0.93 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Fruit | 200.0 | 1390.0 | -0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYLLANTIDINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYLLANTIDINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYLLANTIDINE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYLLANTINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYLLANTINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYLLANTINE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYLLEMBLIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | 63000.0 | not available | 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 |