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Plant Morinda citrifolia (Rubiaceae)

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
5,7-DIMETHYL-APIGENIN-4'-O-BETA-D(+)-GALACTOPYRANOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
5-6-DIHYDROXY-LUCIDIN 0 Tissue Culture not available 109.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6,8-DIMETHOXY-3-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE-1-O-BETA-RHAMNOSYL-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
7-HYDROXY-8-METHOXY-2-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Root not available 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ACACETIN-7-O-BETA-D(+)-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
ACACETIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant not available 0.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
ALIZARIN 11 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALIZARIN 11 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALIZARIN 11 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALIZARIN 11 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALIZARIN-ALPHA-METHYL-ETHER 0 Plant not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ALPH-METHOXY-ALIZARIN 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPH-METHOXY-ALIZARIN 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANTHRAGALLOL-2,3-DIMETHYLETHER 0 Wood not available not available not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
ANTHRAQUINONES 6 Root not available 4000.0 -1.20 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ANTHRAQUINONES 6 Tissue Culture not available 2500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 520.0 2320.0 -0.23 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Leaf 15000.0 67000.0 -0.91 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASPERULOSIDE 9 Fruit not available 480.0 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
Comedolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 3 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Dermatitigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Elastase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Emollient 1 Martindale's 29th
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
ER-Beta-Binder 1 Duke, 1992 *
Estrogen-Agonist 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 139.1999.
Estrogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic? 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.