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Plant Morus alba (Moraceae)

Common Names
Sang-Pai-Pi; White Mulberry
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
2,4,4',6-TETRAHYDROXYBENZOPHENONE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,2',4'-TRIHYDROXYDIHYDROSTILBENE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,4'-DIHYDROXYDIHYDROSTILBENE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5,7-DIHYDROXYCHROMONE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6,3',5'-TRIHYDROXY-2-PHENYLBENZOFURAN 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
A-BETA-HEXENAL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETONE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADENINE 11 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALBAFURAN-C 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALBANIN-F 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALBANIN-G 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALBANOL-A 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALBANOL-B 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BETA-DIMONTANY-GLYCEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM(AL2O3) 0 Leaf 8000.0 18000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDONIC-ACID 12 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Root Bark not available 0.1 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 50.0 1040.0 -0.22 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
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antipsoriac 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsoriatic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipsychotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antipurpuric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antipyruvetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiradicular 12 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.