Bhumyamalaki-an important herbal drug mentioned in ayurvedic literatures has been used in India since ancient times (with an annual consumption of about 3000 metric tons in India even today) against jaundice and other liver related disorders for its healing properties. Scientific studies clearly indicate Phyllanthus amarus Schum. & Thonn. to be the medicinally most important species found in the mentioned herbal drug, having the highest content of hepatoprotective compounds such as Phyllanthine and Hypophyllanthine among the herbaceous species of Phyllanthus in India. But the herbal drug...