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Plant Morinda citrifolia (Rubiaceae)

Common Names
Indian Mulberry; Noni
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticanker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinogenic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Anticarcinomic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholestatic 1 Shukla, B., Visen, P.K.S., Patnaik, G.K., Tripathi, S.C., Srimal, R.C., Dayal, R., and Dobhal, P.C. Hepatoprotective Activity in the Rat of Ursolic Acid Isolated from Eucalyptus Hybrid. Phytotherapy Research 6: 74-79, 1992.
Anticholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlastogen 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticold 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticomplement 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.