![]() The extract also excels at protecting livers from oxidative damage. It belongs in the pantheon of rare super berries, and its antioxidant abilities create a deep foundation for its unique healing properties. Though individual plants varied in their specific actions on specific molecules, overall, the authors note, all three “fruit extracts showed quite good efficacy in their antioxidant and radical scavenging abilities.” Yet another study of 30 different Thai medicinal plants traditionally used for diabetes found that five had strong antioxidant properties, and of those five, Amla berry had the strongest antioxidant activity and the highest total polyphenol and tannin content. Another study of three fruit extracts analysed their free-radical scavenging activity of hydroxyl, superoxide, nitric oxide, peroxynitrite, hypochlorous acid and other active, oxidative, damaging molecules. In one study, extracts of a thousand different herbs were screened-using sophisticated electron spin technology-and Amla berry was one of only four chosen for both its superoxide radical scavenging activity and heat resistance. In screening tests, Amla berry emerges as an incredibly potent antioxidant. ![]() 2 As for its unique array of potent healing molecules, get ready for a long list of names (some familiar, some mind-numbingly unpronounceable) according to Baliga, the active molecules include gallic acid, ellagic acid, quercetin, chebulinic acid, chebulagic acid, emblicanin A, emblicanin B, punigluconin, pedunculagin, citric acid, ellagotannin, trigallayl glucose, pectin, 1-Ogalloyl-b-D-glucose, 3,6-di-O-galloyl-D-glucose, chebulagic acid, corilagin, 1,6-di-O-galloyl-b-D-glucose, 3 ethylgallic acid and isostrictiniin, kaempferol 3 O-a-L rhamnopyranoside and kaempferol 3 O-a-L rhamnopyranoside. Reports suggest that it contains a wide range of tannins, alkaloids, and phenolic compounds, all with the ability to quench a wide range of reactive oxygen species. An Unparalleled Antioxidant and Super Berry Amla berryĮmblica officinalis is a superb antioxidant. What follows is a review of the most current and cutting-edge findings on the berry’s antioxidant and disease-fighting capacities, as well as a look at new research on the molecules responsible for its potency. The newest studies document Amla berry’s helpful role in conditions ranging from diabetes to cancer, liver disease, circulatory problems, ulcers, general debility and anaemia. Several comprehensive reviews have been published in the last few years, and over 30 peer-review studies of Emblica officinalis were published in 2011 alone. New research is backing up the folk medicine: peer review studies document Amla’s superb antioxidant ability, and sophisticated technologies are revealing the potency of its novel blend of molecules-such as gallic acid esters and a molecule similar to ascorbic acid. ![]() And yet this sour, tasty berry, about the size of a plum, is still largely unknown outside the Indian subcontinent.” īaliga goes on to say, in his review of the literature, “In various folk medicines, the fruits, which are astringent, are useful in treating ophthalmic problems, dyspepsia, gastritis, hyperacidity, constipation, colitis, haemorrhoids, haematuria, menorrhagia, anaemia, diabetes, cough, asthma, osteoporosis, weakness and fatigue.” 2 “Its fruits possess multiple benefits and are of immense use in folk medicine. This super berry is a centrepiece of the great tradition of Ayurvedic medicine, but is also utilised in Siddha, Unani, Tibetan, Sri Lankan, and Chinese medicine “Amla is the most important medicinal plant in the Indian traditional system of medicine,” says expert Manjeshwar Shrinath Baliga, PhD, an author of nearly sixty peer-reviewed published studies of medicinal plants, and a professor at Father Muller Medical College in India. įolk tales often have a ring of truth, and this extraordinary legend could be seen as a way of conveying the remarkably varied, potent, broad-spectrum healing powers of the Amla berry, which has been called sarvadosha hara, remover of all diseases. The most revered medicinal berry in the entire subcontinent of India-Amla berry, or Emblica officinalis-is said to come from the first tree to appear on earth, manifested out of the tears of Brahma while he was meditating.
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