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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHYLLEMBLIC-ACID | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 63000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYLLEMBLIN | 2 | 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. |
| PHYLLEMBLINIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | 40000.0 | 90000.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| POLYSACCHARIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Fruit | 1710.0 | 13960.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Fruit | 652.0 | 3225.0 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Fruit | 700.0 | 44000.0 | -0.88 | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Tissue Culture | not available | 11850.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Fruit | 0.4 | 2.5 | -0.54 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| RUTIN | 87 | Fruit | not available | 4600.0 | -0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUTIN | 87 | Leaf | not available | 21000.0 | 0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Fruit | 2.4 | 12.0 | 2.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Fruit | 183.0 | 905.0 | -0.97 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICA | 0 | Fruit | 235.0 | 1163.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Fruit | 42.0 | 1384.0 | -0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | Fruit | 1800.0 | 8910.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | not available | 3440.0 | -0.49 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Fruit | 2600.0 | 12970.0 | -0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFUR | 14 | Fruit | 166.0 | 820.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiasthmatic | 7 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiatherogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatheromic | 1 | Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990. |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 10 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibronchitic | 1 | Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991. |
| Anticancer | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 2 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Anticancer (Colon) | 1 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Anticancer (Esophagus) | 1 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Mouth) | 1 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Anticanker | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticapillary-Fragility | 1 | Merck 7th Ed. |
| Anticarcinomic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticarcinomic (Breast) | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |