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
ASPERULOSIDE	9	Leaf	not available	1580.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPERULOSIDE	9	Root	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ASPERULOSIDIC-ACID	2	Fruit	not available	500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Fruit	not available	8.0	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Bark	not available	8.6	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	not available	5.2	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	not available	124.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Tissue Culture	not available	454.5	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
BIOCHANIN-A	32	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTANOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	0.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	360.0	1600.0	-1.15	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CAPROIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	86000.0	384000.0	-1.81	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
DAMNACANTHAL	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAMNACANTHAL	3	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
DEACETYLASPERULOSIDIC-ACID	3	Fruit	not available	33.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECANOIC-ACID	3	Fruit	not available	0.7	-0.71	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.