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Plant Morus alba (Moraceae)

Common Names
Sang-Pai-Pi; White Mulberry
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
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 7000.0 27400.0 0.61 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Root Bark 16100.0 16500.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM(CAO) 0 Leaf 14000.0 24000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-MALATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 97000.0 813000.0 0.16 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 400000.0 633000.0 0.17 Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 Leaf 86000.0 106000.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
CHALCOMORACIN 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHEMIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-5-HYDROXY-L-PIPECOLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-BETA-GAMMA-HEXANOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Root Bark not available 6.0 -0.84 Duke, 1992 *
CUDRANIN 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available 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
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.