Plant Phyllanthus emblica (Euphorbiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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
Uricosuric	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Urine-Acidifier	1	Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotrophic	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Vasodilator	10	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	1	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	5	Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229