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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Morinda citrifolia (Rubiaceae)

Common Names
Indian Mulberry, Noni
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(E)-6-DODECENO-GAMMA-LACTONE 0 Fruit 0.0 *
(Z)-6-DODECENO-GAMMA-LACTONE 0 Fruit 0.0 *
(Z,Z)-2,5-UNDECADIEN-1-OL 0 Fruit 0.2 *
(Z,Z,Z)-8,11,14-EICOSATRIENOIC-ACID 0 Fruit 0.0 *
1-5-6-TRIHYDROXY-ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Tissue Culture *
1-BUTANOL 0 Fruit 0.0 *
1-HEXANOL 0 Fruit 0.1 *
2,6-DI-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-1-O-OCTANOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSE 0 Fruit 5000.0 *
2-HEPTANONE 0 Fruit 0.2 *
2-HYDROXY-1-METHOXY-7-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Root *
2-METHYL-3-METHYLTHIO-PROPANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 *
2-METHYL-BUTANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit 0.2 *
2-METHYL-HEXANOATE 0 Fruit 0.2 *
2-METHYL-PROPANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit 0.1 *
3-5-6-TRIHYDROXY-2-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Tissue Culture 160.0 *
3-HYDROXY-2-BUTANONE 0 Fruit 0.0 *
3-HYDROXY-MORINDONE 0 Tissue Culture 309.0 *
3-METHYL-2-BUTEN-1-OL 0 Fruit 0.1 *
3-METHYL-3-BUTEN-1-OL 0 Fruit 1.8 *
3-METHYL-THIOPROPANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit 0.2 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acaricide 2 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 3 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Allelochemic 3 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 8 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Analgesic 6 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 4 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th