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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
ELAIDIC-ACID 2 Fruit 0.1 *
ETHYL-DECANOATE 0 Fruit 0.1 -1.00 *
ETHYL-HEXANOATE 0 Fruit 0.1 -1.00 *
ETHYL-OCTANOATE 0 Fruit 0.2 -1.00 *
ETHYL-PALMITATE 1 Fruit 0.0 -0.72 *
ETHYLTHIOMETHYL-BENZENE 0 Fruit 0.0 *
EUGENOL 76 Fruit 0.0 -0.71 *
FAT 0 Leaf 78000.0 348200.0 5.81 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER 15 Leaf 40000.0 178570.0 0.21 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Leaf Griffiths, L. A. 1959. On the Distribution of Gentisic Acid in Green Plants. J. Exp. Biol. 10: 437.
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit *
HEPTANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit 0.0 -1.00 *
HEXANAMIDE 0 Fruit 0.0 *
HEXANEDIOIC-ACID 0 Fruit 0.0 *
HEXANOIC-ACID 2 Fruit 8.0 1.00 *
HEXOIC-ACID 0 Fruit Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
IRON 6 Leaf 23.0 100.0 -0.67 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 1070.0 4775.0 2.83 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LAURIC-ACID 7 Fruit 0.1 -0.45 *
LIMONENE 60 Fruit 0.2 -0.75 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Candidistat 1 *
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 2 *
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardioprotective 4 *
Cardiotonic 1 *
Carminative 1 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 1 *
Cathartic 4 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Chemopreventive 4 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cholagogue 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Circulotonic 1 *
CNS-Depressant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 1 Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 1 *
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.