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Plant Morinda citrifolia (Rubiaceae)

Common Names
Indian Mulberry; Noni
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
(E)-6-DODECENO-GAMMA-LACTONE 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-6-DODECENO-GAMMA-LACTONE 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(Z,Z)-2,5-UNDECADIEN-1-OL 0 Fruit not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
(Z,Z,Z)-8,11,14-EICOSATRIENOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-5-6-TRIHYDROXY-ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-BUTANOL 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-HEXANOL 0 Fruit not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
2,6-DI-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-1-O-OCTANOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSE 0 Fruit not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-HEPTANONE 0 Fruit not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXY-1-METHOXY-7-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-3-METHYLTHIO-PROPANOATE 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-HEXANOATE 0 Fruit not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-PROPANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-5-6-TRIHYDROXY-2-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE 0 Tissue Culture not available 160.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-HYDROXY-2-BUTANONE 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-HYDROXY-MORINDONE 0 Tissue Culture not available 309.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-2-BUTEN-1-OL 0 Fruit not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-3-BUTEN-1-OL 0 Fruit not available 1.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-THIOPROPANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available 0.2 not available 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
Antiencephalitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antierythemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.