Table 1.

: Overview of different pharmacological activities of T. chebula.

Serial No	Pharmacological activities	Parts used	Responsible compounds	Extracts	References
1	Anti-oxidant	Fruits	Ellagic acid, ascorbic acid, gallic acid	Aqueous	[31, 32, 33, 34, 35]
		Leaf galls	Phenolics and flavonoids	Ethanolic	[37]
		Bark	Phenolics and flavonoids	Acetone	[16]
2	Anti-lipid peroxidation	Fruits	Casuarinin, chebulanin, Chebulinic acid and 1,6-di-O-galloyl-β-D-glucose	Aqueous	[31]
3	Anti-inflammatory and anti-arthritic	Fruits	Chebulagic acid, chebulinic acid, corilagin, hydrolysable tannins	Aqueous	[48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53]
4	Anti-diabetic and anti-hyperglycemic	Fruits	Chebulic acid, chebuloyl group	Methanolic	[62, 63, 64]
		Fruits	Tannin	Alcoholic	[66]
5	Hepatoprotective	Fruits	Chebulic acid; ellagitannins	Aqueous	[71, 72]
6	Anti-cancer	Fruits	Chebulinic acid, gallic acid, galloyl compounds	Methanolic	[81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88]
7	Cardioprotective, hypolipidemic and hypocholesterolemic	Leaves, fruits, Bark	Chebulinic acid	Methanolic	[90, 91]
8	Gastroprotective and anti-ulcerogenic	Fruits	Chebulinic acid, polyphenols, flavonol aglycones	Methanolic	[97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103]
9	Neuroprotective	Fruits	Gallic acid, ellagic acid, tannic acid, chebulic acid	Methanolic	[108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113]
10	Anti-convulsant	Fruits	Chebulinic acid, chebulagic acid	Hydroalcoholic	[118, 119]
11	Nephroprotective	Fruits, leaves	Polyphenols and tannins	Chloroform, hydroalcoholic	[61, 120]
12	Molluscicidal	Fruit	Tannic acid	Ethanolic	[126]
13	Radioprotective activity	Fruit	Polyphenols	Aqueous	[33]
14	Wound healing activity	Leaves	Hydrolysable tannins	Methanolic	[98, 136]
15	Cytoprotective activity	Fruit	Chebulic acid, gallic acid	Ethanolic	[142, 143]
16	Antiaging	Leaf galls	Polyphenols, flavonoids	Cold water	[11, 145]
17	Anti-androgenic	Fruit	Chebulinic acid	Methanolic	[147]
18	Antipsychiatry	Fruit	Chebulinic acid	Ethanolic	[149]
19	Antidiarrheal and Antimotility	Fruit	Gallic acid, 3,4,6-tri-O-galloyl- ​β-D-glucose, corilagin, and ellagic acid	Aqueous	[150]
20	Antibacterial	Fruit	Gallotannin and ellagic acid	Methanolic	[153]
		Stem bark	Triterpenoids and derivatives	Methanolic	[152]
21	Antiviral	Fruit, bark	Punicalagin, chebulagic acid, galloyl compounds	Methanolic	[12, 161, 162, 163]
22	Antifungal	Galls, stem bark, seed	Apigenin, phytol, stigmasterol	Methanolic	[172]
23	Antiparasitic	Leaf, flower, seed	Polyphenols	Ethanolic	[175]