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
Piscicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Potassium-Sparing	1	Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Prooxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Chen, S. J., Wang, M. H., Chen, I. J. 1996. Antiplatelet and Calcium Inhibitory Properties of Eugenol and Sodium Eugenol Acetate. Gen Pharmacol, 27(4): 629-633.
Protease-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Protisticide	3	Martindale's 29th
Purgative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	1	Lee, S. K., Song, Y., Mata-Greenwood, E., Kelloff, G. J., Steele, V. E., Pezzuto, J. M. 1999. Modulation of in vitro Biomarkers of the Carcinogenic Process by Chemopreventive Agents. Anticancer Res., 19: 35-44.
Radioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	4	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Serotoninergic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sodium-Sparing	1	Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Spermicide	2	Martindale's 28th
Sunscreen	1	Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TOPO-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	1	Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.