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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
ETHYL-GALLATE 5 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.
FAT 0 Fruit 1000.0 31000.0 -0.40 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Seed not available 160000.0 -0.56 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FIBER 15 Fruit 19000.0 180000.0 0.36 Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Fruit not available 50000.0 1.43 Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Pericarp not available 50000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 1 Fruit not available 800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 1 Tissue Culture 3700.0 5200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLO-TANNIN 2 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.
GIBBERELLIN-A-1 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-3 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-4 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-7 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-9 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOGALLIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOGALLIN 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 1320.0 6535.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 198.0 980.0 -1.02 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antigout 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiGTF 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 7 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 6 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 7 Tan, G.T., Pezzuto, J.M., Kinghorn,* A.D., Hughes, S.H. Evaluation Of Natural Products As Inhibitors Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Reverse Transcriptase. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 143-154, 1991.
Antihomocystinuric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.