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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit 0.1 -0.27 *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 72.0 321.0 2.72 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NONANOIC-ACID 2 Fruit 0.0 -0.74 *
NOR-DAMNACANTHAL 1 Root 17000.0 *
NOR-DAMNACANTHAL 1 Tissue Culture *
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Fruit 25.0 1.71 *
OCTOIC-ACID 0 Fruit Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 0.0 -0.48 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 0.2 -0.37 *
PARAFFIN 4 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 150.0 670.0 -0.79 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHYSCION 5 Heart Wood 37.5 *
PHYSCION-8-O-[(ALPHA-L-ARABINOPYRANOSYL(1-3)]-[BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSYL(1-6)]-BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSIDE 0 Heart Wood 75.0 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 45000.0 200890.0 -0.11 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 0.9 4.0 -0.16 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RUBERYTHRIC-ACID 0 Bark *
RUBIADIN 1 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
RUBIADIN 1 Tissue Culture 127.3 *
RUBIADIN-1-METHYL-ETHER 3 Root ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
RUBICHLORIC-ACID 0 Root ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 *
Acaricide 2 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 3 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 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 *
Allelochemic 3 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 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 *
Analgesic 6 *
Androgenic 1 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 *
Anesthetic 4 *
Angiogenic 1 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th