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Common Names
Ink Nut; Myrobalan; Black Myrobalan; Chebulic Myrobalan
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | not available | 400000.0 | 2.41 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 343000.0 | 364000.0 | 0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIXED-OIL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Miglani, B. D., Chawla, A. S. 1974. Chemical Investigation of the Oil of Terminaliaa chebula. J. Inst. Chem. (Calcutta) 46: 189-. |
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | Fruit | not available | 10000.0 | -0.78 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALLIC-ACID | 62 | Fruit | not available | 4310.0 | -0.86 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALLIC-ACID | 62 | Leaf | not available | 53.3 | -0.87 | Lin,T.C.,et al.1990.Tannins and Related Compounds.CII.Structures of Terchebulin, an Ellagitannin Having a Novel Tetraphenylcarboxylic Acid (Terchebulic Acid) and Biogenetically Related Tannins from Terminalia chebula Retz. Chem Pharm Bull 38 11:3004-3008. |
| GALLIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GENTIOBIOSE | 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. |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | 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. |
| HEXAOXYDIPHENIC-ACID | 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. |
| ISOQUERCITRIN | 22 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Polovyanov, G. G. 1974. Flavonoids from the Fruit of the Yellow Myrobalan Plum. Chem. Nat. Comp. 10 (5): 690-. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 80100.0 | 84800.0 | -0.19 | 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 | Miglani, B. D., Chawla, A. S. 1974. Chemical Investigation of the Oil of Terminaliaa chebula. J. Inst. Chem. (Calcutta) 46: 189-. |
| MALTOSE | 2 | 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. |
| MANNITOL-ISOMER | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 100.0 | not available | Reddy, B. M., Rao, N. K., Ramesh, M., Appa Rao, A. V. N., Lin, L. J., Lin, L. Z., Cordell, G. A. 1994. Chemical Investigation of the Fruits of Terminalia chebula. Int. J. Pharmacog 32 (4):352-356. |
| MASLINIC-ACID | 6 | Leaf | not available | 312.5 | 1.40 | Singh, C. 1990. 2-alpha-hydroxymicromeric acid, a Pentacylic Triterpene from Terminalia chebula. Phytochemistry, 29 7: 2348-2350. |
| MYROBALANIN | 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. |
| NEOCHEBULAGIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| NEOCHEBULIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 200100.0 | 213000.0 | 0.77 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiangiogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiapoplectic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 4 | 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 | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacterial | 11 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antibronchitic | 1 | Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991. |
| Anticancer | 6 | 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. |
| Anticapillary-Fragility | 1 | Merck 7th Ed. |
| Anticarcinogenic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Anticarcinomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |