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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
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 133.0 658.0 -0.74 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 5.0 163.0 0.12 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 120.0 595.0 -0.91 Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 4 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.
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 580.0 3650.0 -0.02 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 219.0 1084.0 -0.85 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCODELPHINIDIN 2 Bark not available 37500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed not available 70400.0 -0.31 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 14050.0 -0.33 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPENONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
LUPEOL 21 Bark not available 22500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 170.0 1168.0 -0.76 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 118.0 584.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 11.0 55.0 -0.04 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.