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
ELAIDIC-ACID	2	Fruit	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-DECANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	0.1	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-HEXANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	0.1	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-OCTANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	0.2	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-PALMITATE	1	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYLTHIOMETHYL-BENZENE	0	Fruit	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	78000.0	348200.0	5.81	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER	15	Leaf	40000.0	178570.0	0.21	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
GENTISIC-ACID	8	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Griffiths, L. A. 1959. On the Distribution of Gentisic Acid in Green Plants. J. Exp. Biol. 10: 437.
GLUCOSE	7	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTANOIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	0.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANAMIDE	0	Fruit	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANEDIOIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOIC-ACID	2	Fruit	not available	8.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
HEXOIC-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.
IRON	6	Leaf	23.0	100.0	-0.67	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
KILOCALORIES	0	Leaf	1070.0	4775.0	2.83	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LAURIC-ACID	7	Fruit	not available	0.1	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Fruit	not available	0.2	-0.75	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
Nematicide	6	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neuroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	1	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
NO-Genic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Osteolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Oviposition-Stimulant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ozone-Scavenger	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
PAF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Percutaneostimulant	1	Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery	5	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peristaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	21	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Photosensitizer	1	Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phytoalexin	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Phytohormonal	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pigment	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.