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Plant Morinda citrifolia (Rubiaceae)

Common Names
Indian Mulberry; Noni
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit not available 0.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
LUCIDIN 4 Tissue Culture not available 600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LUCIDIN-3-O-BETA-PRIMEVEROSIDE 0 Tissue Culture not available 749.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LUCIDIN-3-PRIMEVEROSIDE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUCIDIN-OMEGA-ETHYL-ETHER 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-DECANOATE 0 Fruit not available 0.3 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ELAIDATE 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-OCTANOATE 0 Fruit not available 0.4 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-OLEATE 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PALMITATE 0 Fruit not available 0.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
MONO-ETHOXY-RUBIADIN 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MONO-METHOXY-RUBIADIN 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MONOTROPEIN 2 Leaf not available 1580.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MORINDADIOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MORINDIN 0 Root not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MORINDIN 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MORINDONE 1 Heart Wood not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MORINDONE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MORINDONE 1 Tissue Culture not available 145.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
MORINDONE-6BETA-PRIMEVEROSIDE 0 Tissue Culture not available 709.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiviral 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide 1 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Bird-Repellent 1 Merck 11th Edition
Bronchoprotectant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 4 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive 15 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 6 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.