Volume 21, Issue 9 e202400747
Review

Recent Insights into the Antimicrobial Properties of Phyllanthus emblica L.: A Comprehensive Review of Wonder Berry

Mosammat Asia Begum

Mosammat Asia Begum

Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, North South University; Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229 Bangladesh

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Rajib Hossain

Rajib Hossain

Department of Pharmocology, School of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea

Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Funding acquisition (equal), ​Investigation (equal), Methodology (equal), Project administration (equal), Resources (equal), Software (equal), Supervision (equal), Validation (equal), Visualization (equal), Writing - original draft (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)

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Divya Jain

Divya Jain

Department of Microbiology, School of Applied & Life Sciences, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, 248007 Uttarakhand, India

Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Funding acquisition (equal), ​Investigation (equal), Methodology (equal), Project administration (equal), Resources (equal), Software (equal), Supervision (equal), Validation (equal), Visualization (equal), Writing - original draft (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)

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Yogesh Murti

Yogesh Murti

Institute of Pharmaceutical Research, G.L.A. University, Mathura, India

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Krishn Kumar Agrawal

Krishn Kumar Agrawal

Faculty of Pharmacy, R.B.S. Engineering Technical Campus, Bichpuri, Agra, India

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Pracheta Janmeda

Pracheta Janmeda

Departmentof Bioscience and Biotechnology, Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan, 304022 India

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Ivo Cavalcante Pita Neto

Ivo Cavalcante Pita Neto

C.E.C.A.P.E.-College of Dentistry., Juazeiro do Norte-CE, 63024-015

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Henrique Douglas Melo Coutinho

Henrique Douglas Melo Coutinho

Regional University of Cariri-URCA, Crato, CE, Brazil

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António Raposo

Corresponding Author

António Raposo

CBIOS (Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies), Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal

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Ariana Saraiva

Ariana Saraiva

Department of Animal Pathology and Production, Bromatology and Food Technology, Faculty of Veterinary, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Trasmontaña s/n, 35413 Arucas, Spain

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Heesup Han

Heesup Han

College of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Sejong University, 98 Gunja-Dong, Gwanjin-Gu, Seoul, 143-747 South Korea

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Bernardo Romão

Bernardo Romão

Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil

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Poliana Lisboa

Poliana Lisboa

Department of Nutrition, University Center I. E.S.B., Brasília, Brazil

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Pablo Moreira

Pablo Moreira

Department of Nutrition, University Center I. E.S.B., Brasília, Brazil

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Muhammad Torequl Islam

Muhammad Torequl Islam

Department of Pharmacy, Life Science Faculty, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, Dhaka), 8100 Bangladesh

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First published: 29 May 2024
Citations: 2

Abstract

Phyllanthus emblica L., or Amla, is known for its therapeutic properties and has been used as a medicinal plant. It is rich in vitamin C and other bioactive phytochemicals like polyphenols, gallic acid, chebulagic acid, leutolin, quercetin, etc. Different parts of this plant are used to treat various viral, bacterial, and fungal diseases. This review article summarizes the recent literature relevant to the antiviral, antibacterial, and antifungal effects of P. emblica. A variety of bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtillus, Enterococcus faecalis, Salmonella typhi, and Escherichia, etc.), fungi (Alternaria alternate Botroyodiplodia theobromae, Colletotrichum corcori, Curvularia lunata, Fusarium exquisite, Fusarium solanii, Aspergillus niger, Candida albicans, Colletotrichum gleosparoitis, and Macrophomina phaseolina) and viruses, like Influenza A virus strain H3N2, hepatitis B, Human Immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1), Simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2 (HSV-2) have experimented. Different techniques were used based on the way of identification. ‘For example, disc diffusion, dilution methods, sound diffusion, Immuno-peroxidase monolayer assay, serum HBV and HBsAg assay, enzyme immunoassay, etc. The present review analyzed and summarized the antimicrobial activities of P. emblica and possible mechanisms of action to provide future directions in translating these findings clinically.

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Conflict of Interests

The authors declared no conflict of interest.

Data Availability Statement

Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study.

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