Plant Morinda citrifolia (Rubiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Indian Mulberry; Noni

How this plant is used

Food

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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
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Fruit	not available	0.1	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
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	not available	0.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
NOR-DAMNACANTHAL	1	Root	not available	17000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NOR-DAMNACANTHAL	1	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOIC-ACID	5	Fruit	not available	25.0	1.71	Duke, 1992 *
OCTOIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
OLEIC-ACID	18	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	not available	0.2	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
PARAFFIN	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	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	not available	37.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYSCION-8-O-[(ALPHA-L-ARABINOPYRANOSYL(1-3)]-[BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSYL(1-6)]-BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSIDE	0	Heart Wood	not available	75.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUBIADIN	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	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	not available	127.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUBIADIN-1-METHYL-ETHER	3	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.
RUBICHLORIC-ACID	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.

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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
Candidistat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective	1	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.