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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
(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
Antiinfertility 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 12 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinsomniac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antikeratitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiketotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antileishmanic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotrienogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 4 Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.