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Plant Phyllanthus emblica (Euphorbiaceae)

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
3-6-DI-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-6-DI-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Fruit 240.0 1190.0 -0.99 Duke, 1992 *
AMLAIC-ACID 0 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.
ARGININE 14 Fruit 176.0 871.0 -0.92 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 110.0 27293.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant not available 15610.0 3.07 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 4000.0 25000.0 -0.82 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 361.0 1785.0 -1.10 Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.0 4.0 -0.14 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Bark 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.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Tissue Culture not available 5500.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Fruit 2.0 11.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 120.0 2660.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 141000.0 952000.0 0.90 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CHEBULAGIC-ACID 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHEBULAGIC-ACID 8 Shoot not available not available not available 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
Antiescherichic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastritic 4 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.