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Common Names
Indian Mulberry; Noni
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 5 | Azuma, Y., Onishi, Y., Sato, Y., Kizaki, H. 1995. Effects of Protein Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors With Different Modes of Action on Topoisomerase Activity and Death of IL-2-Dependent CTLL-2-Cells. J Biochemistry, 118: 312-318. |
| Toxic | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tranquilizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Transdermal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Trichomonicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Trichomonistat | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Trypanocide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Trypsin-Enhancer | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ubiquiot | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 3 | HerbalGram No. 20, page 9. |
| Uricosuric | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterosedative | 1 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| Uterotrophic | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| VAM-Simulant | 1 | Chau (1985) in Purseglove et al. Acta Botanica Sinica, 2. |
| Varroacide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 6 | Martindale's 29th |
| Vasopressor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vermifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |