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
Antinitrosating	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiobesity?	1	Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.
Antiodontalgic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiophidic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant	13	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontitic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiphotophobic	2	Martindale's 29th