Anticancer Properties of Phyllanthus emblica (Indian Gooseberry)

Table 1

Molecules from Phyllanthus emblica fruit extract having proven anticancer properties.

Phenolic compounds from Phyllanthus emblica extract identified by HPLC having anticancer properties	Cancer model utilized to identify antiproliferative and antitumor properties
Ellagic acid (tannin)	Colon, prostate cell lines, and breast and prostate xenografts
Corilagin (tannin)	Ovarian cancer cells, liver cancer cells, and hepatocarcinoma xenografts
Pyrogallol (tannin)	Lung cancer cells, gastric cancer cells, and lung adenocarcinoma xenografts
Chebulagic acid (tannin)	Retinoblastoma colon cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, and leukemia cancer cell lines
Gallic acid (tannin)	Breast and lung cancer cell lines, some activity against lung cancer xenograft
Quercetin (flavonoid)	Numerous cancer cell lines from multiple tissue types, transgenic murine model of breast cancer, leukemia xenograft, and phase I clinical trial