Phyllanthus emblica: A comprehensive review of its therapeutic benefits

Ahmad, Bashir; Hafeez, Nabia; Bashir, Shumaila; Huang, Linfang; Rehman, Maqsood Ur; Mubarak, Mohammad S.; Bawazeer, Sami; Shariati, Mohammad Ali; Daglia, Maria; Wan, Chunpeng; Rengasamy, Kannan R.R.

doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2020.12.028

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“…Phyllanthus emblica has been used to treat cough and several symptoms in Ayurvedic, Turkish, Unani, and Tibetan medicines for centuries. The plant produces various kinds of secondary metabolites and the compounds act in various therapeutic treatments ( Ahmad et al, 2021 ). Many anti-cough lozenge products from this plant are sold in Thailand.…”

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Medicinal Plants Used for Treating Mild Covid-19 Symptoms Among Thai Karen and Hmong

2021

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is causing many severe problems globally, and it is not known for how long it will last. The only hope we have for dealing with the problem is to produce sufficient vaccines and administer them efficiently. However, the current demand for vaccines greatly exceeds the supply, and many people will suffer from the disease for still some time. Moreover, the period for immunity obtained by the vaccines remains unknown, and we cannot predict how long the world will suffer the COVID-19 infections. Therefore, there will be a continued demand for treatments of its symptoms. An alternative solution for providing such treatment is the use of traditional medicinal plants.Aims: To document medicinal plants used by Hmong and Karen in Thailand to treat mild symptoms of COVID-19.Methods: Traditional knowledge about ethnomedicinal plants used by Hmong and Karen in Thailand for treating mild symptoms listed by WHO as associated with COVID 19, was collected in field interviews and extracted from the literature.Results: We identified 491 plant species used medicinally by both ethnic groups to treat fever, cough, diarrhea, muscle pain and ache, rash, headache, sore throat, and conjunctivitis. Of the 491 species 60 were mentioned at least five times in the literature or in our field data. Of these 60 species, we propose the most commonly used ones for treatments of mild COVID-19 symptoms. Ten of these most commonly mentioned species were used for treatments of fever, nine for treatment of cough, four for treatment of diarrhea, two for treatment of rash, and a single species was used to treat muscle pain and headache.Conclusion: This study suggests alternative treatments for mild symptoms of COVID-19 with medicinal plants that are traditionally used by the ethnic minority groups of the Hmong and Karen in Thailand. Although COVID-19 is a new disease, its mild symptoms are shared with many other diseases. Traditional knowledge on medicinal plants used by the Thai Karen and Hmong could help in the treatments of these symptoms associated with COVID-19. Many of the proposed plants were used abundantly by both ethnic groups, and other studies on biological activities support their efficacy in such treatments.

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Medicinal Plants Used for Treating Mild Covid-19 Symptoms Among Thai Karen and Hmong

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“…3.1.4. P. emblica (Amla) P. emblica, or "Indian gooseberry" (Euphorbiaceae), is indigenous to Asia, China, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka (Ahmad et al, 2021). It has been reported that P. emblica reduces the UV-induced erythema and strikingly reduces the free radicals (Fujii et al, 2008).…”

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A review on the pathogenesis of cutaneous non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) and selected herbs as chemoprotective agents

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Sadwal

2023

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“…The fruit of Phyllanthus emblica ( PEF ) has many medicinal values [ 24 ] and is utilized for a variety of long-established curing of diseases in India. Furthermore, PEF [ 25 , 26 ] is also used in making traditional edible foodstuffs, such as jams, jellies, tarts, chutneys, etc., and after removing the pulp from emblica fruit, the remaining fruit stone is more or less a waste. Due to the large use of PEF, a massive number of fruit stones are disposed of as waste per year, which are not perilous and may be utilized for other purposes.…”

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Utilization of Phyllanthus emblica fruit stone as a Potential Biomaterial for Sustainable Remediation of Lead and Cadmium Ions from Aqueous Solutions

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In the present work, an effort has been made to utilize Phyllanthus emblica (PE) fruit stone as a potential biomaterial for the sustainable remediation of noxious heavy metals viz. Pb(II) and Cd(II) from the aqueous solution using adsorption methodology. Further, to elucidate the adsorption potential of Phyllanthus emblica fruit stone (PEFS), effective parameters, such as contact time, initial metal concentration, temperature, etc., were investigated and optimized using a simple batch adsorption method. It was observed that 80% removal for both the heavy metal ions was carried out within 60 min of contact time at an optimized pH 6. Moreover, the thermodynamic parameters results indicated that the adsorption process in the present study was endothermic, spontaneous, and feasible in nature. The positive value of entropy further reflects the high adsorbent–adsorbate interaction. Thus, based on the findings obtained, it can be concluded that the biosorbent may be considered a potential material for the remediation of these noxious impurities and can further be applied or extrapolated to other impurities.

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Phyllanthus emblica: A comprehensive review of its therapeutic benefits

Cited by 52 publications

References 94 publications

Medicinal Plants Used for Treating Mild Covid-19 Symptoms Among Thai Karen and Hmong

Medicinal Plants Used for Treating Mild Covid-19 Symptoms Among Thai Karen and Hmong

A review on the pathogenesis of cutaneous non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) and selected herbs as chemoprotective agents

Utilization of Phyllanthus emblica fruit stone as a Potential Biomaterial for Sustainable Remediation of Lead and Cadmium Ions from Aqueous Solutions

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