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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUCCINIC-ACID | 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. |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Fruit | not available | 10000.0 | -0.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUGAR | 0 | Fruit | not available | 85000.0 | -0.70 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| TANNIN | 35 | Fruit | 1090.0 | 355000.0 | 2.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNINS | 0 | Fruit | 20000.0 | 45000.0 | -0.40 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| TERCHEBIN | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERCHEBULIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | 54.4 | not available | 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. |
| TERFLAVIN-A | 0 | Fruit | not available | 16.5 | not available | 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. |
| TERFLAVIN-B | 0 | Leaf | not available | 85.7 | 1.00 | 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. |
| TERFLAVIN-C | 0 | Leaf | not available | 25.7 | not available | 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. |
| TERFLAVIN-D | 0 | Leaf | not available | 18.0 | not available | 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. |
| TERMINOIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Lu, P. P., Liu, X. G., Li, X. C., Zhang, D. C., Yokoi, T. 1992. Triterpenes of Terminalia chebula Retz. Chih Wu Hsueh Pao 34 (2): 126-132. |
| TRIACONTANOIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Lu, P. P., Liu, X. J., Li, X. G., Wen, J. Q. 1991. Chemical Constituents of Fruits of Terminalia chebula Retz. Shanghai Yike Daxue Xuebao 18 (3): 233-235. |
| VANILLIC-ACID | 24 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Kim, J. S., Lee, G. D., Kwon, J. H., Yoon, H. S. 1993. Indentification of Phenolic Antioxidative Components in Terminalia chebula Retz. Han'guk Nonghwa Hakhoe Chi 36 4: 239-243. |
| WATER | 0 | Fruit | not available | 100000.0 | -2.92 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| XYLOSE | 3 | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antilithic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiLyme | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilymphomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimaculitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimalarial | 4 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antimeasles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antimelanomic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimenopausal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimenorrhagic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimetastatic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiMRSA | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMS | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antimutagenic | 9 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antimyocarditic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199. |
| Antinauseant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antinephritic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuramidase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosaminic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |