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

Common Names

Indian Mulberry; Noni

How this plant is used

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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
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
LUCIDIN	4	Tissue Culture	not available	600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUCIDIN-3-O-BETA-PRIMEVEROSIDE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	749.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUCIDIN-3-PRIMEVEROSIDE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUCIDIN-OMEGA-ETHYL-ETHER	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-DECANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	0.3	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ELAIDATE	0	Fruit	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-OCTANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	0.4	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-OLEATE	0	Fruit	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PALMITATE	0	Fruit	not available	0.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
MONO-ETHOXY-RUBIADIN	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MONO-METHOXY-RUBIADIN	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MONOTROPEIN	2	Leaf	not available	1580.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MORINDADIOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MORINDIN	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.
MORINDIN	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MORINDONE	1	Heart Wood	not available	50.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MORINDONE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MORINDONE	1	Tissue Culture	not available	145.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MORINDONE-6BETA-PRIMEVEROSIDE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	709.0	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
Larvistat	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Leucocytogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Lubricant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Molluscicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	1	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	2	Martindale's 29th
Musculotropic	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.