Indian Gooseberry: An Effective Cardiometabolic Nutraceutical

Distributed throughout tropical and subtropical India, wild or planted, Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica L. syn. Emblica officinalis), is a deciduous tree, commonly known as amla in India. It yields a fleshy fruit more than 1.5 cm in diameter, light greenish-yellow, and quite smooth.1 It has played an important medicinal role for centuries in ayurveda, with ...