Background and objectives: Phyllanthus emblica L. (Phyllanthaceae), commonly known as Indian gooseberry, is an endemic plant to the tropical and subtropical areas in china, India and Thailand. The plant is extensively used in Chinese, Ayurveda, and traditional Persian medicine (TPM). In addition, there are numerous reports on pharmacological and clinical activities of ...

Phyllanthus emblica L. (amla) has been used in Ayurveda as a potent rasayan for treatment of hepatic disorders. Most of the pharmacological studies, however, are largely focused on PE fruit, while the rest of the parts of PE, particularly, bark, remain underinvestigated. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the protective effect of the hydroalcoholic extract of Phyllanthus emblica bark (PEE) in e...

Phyllanthus emblica is an affluent source of various therapeutic components. A few of them like vitamin C and flavonoids are predominant bioactive compounds that are being used in immense pharmacological applications. In-spite of numerous applications, the genomic information of this plant was limited to a few expressed sequence tags (ESTs) in DNA databases. Herein, we developed in-depth transc...

Air pollution is the most serious environmental issue and becoming a threat to all over the world. SO2 is considered as one of the most poisonous and irritant gas because it alters the physiology, biochemistry and behavior of the living individuals. The present study has been conducted to demonstrate the remedial effect of Emblica officinalis against SO2 induced hepatotoxicity in albino rats. T...

The antioxidant activity of several Malaysian plant extracts was analyzed simultaneously with their pro-oxidant capacity. This ratio represents an index (ProAntidex) of the net free radical scavenging ability of whole plant extracts. We observed that ethanolic extracts of Nephelium lappaceum peel, Fragaria x ananassa leaf, Lawsonia inermis leaf, Syzygium aqueum leaf and grape seed had a lower P...

widely distributed throughout tropical and subtropical countries. They have been used in China, India, the Philippines, Nigeria, East and West Africa, the Caribbean, and Central and South America by traditional medicinal practitioners for the treatment of different types of diseases. Several therapeutic properties such as antipyretic, antibacterial, antiparasitic, antinocioceptive, and antivira...

The optimal conditions for preparation of total phenolic acids in Phyllanthus emblica, and to study their inhibitory effect on human hepatoma cells have been investigated. The conditions for extraction of phenolic acid constituents in Phyllanthus emblica were investigated, and single factor and orthogonal tests were performed on conditions such as extraction solvent, extraction temperature, ext...

Dandruff caused by Malassezia spp is controlled by antifungal agents. In the present study four medicinal plantsTerminalia bellerica, Terminalia chebula, Emblica officinalis and Lantana camarawere selected to check their antifungal activity. Their efficacy was tested using different concentrations of extracts in various solvents. The antifungal activity of the plant extracts was determined by w...

The herbal medicine is in the great demand developed as well developing countries for primary health care because of their large biological activities, higher safety margin and lesser cost. one common traditional drugs Emblica officinalis, commonly known Amla, a member small genus (Euphorbiaceae). earlier study has demonstrated potent anti-microbial, adaptogenic, hepatoprotective, anti-tumour a...