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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
(E)-6-DODECENO-GAMMA-LACTONE 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-6-DODECENO-GAMMA-LACTONE 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(Z,Z)-2,5-UNDECADIEN-1-OL 0 Fruit not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
(Z,Z,Z)-8,11,14-EICOSATRIENOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-5-6-TRIHYDROXY-ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-BUTANOL 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-HEXANOL 0 Fruit not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
2,6-DI-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-1-O-OCTANOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSE 0 Fruit not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-HEPTANONE 0 Fruit not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXY-1-METHOXY-7-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-3-METHYLTHIO-PROPANOATE 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-HEXANOATE 0 Fruit not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-PROPANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-5-6-TRIHYDROXY-2-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Tissue Culture not available 160.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-HYDROXY-2-BUTANONE 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-HYDROXY-MORINDONE 0 Tissue Culture not available 309.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-2-BUTEN-1-OL 0 Fruit not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-3-BUTEN-1-OL 0 Fruit not available 1.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-THIOPROPANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available 0.2 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
Histaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypercholesterolemic 3 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperglycemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypocholesterolemic 9 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 5 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 7 Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Insecticide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 6 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Interferon-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Irritant 5 Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Larvicide 1 Duke, 1992 *