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
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.