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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
CYCLOMORUSIN 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOMULBERRIN 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOMULBERROCHROMENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROKAEMPFEROL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROMORIN 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROQUERCETIN 3 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROXYRESVERATROL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ECDYSTERONE 4 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-2,4-DIHYROXYBENZOATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 4000.0 32000.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 68000.0 74000.0 0.35 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 330000.0 380000.0 0.60 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 9000.0 60000.0 -0.77 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Leaf not available 153000.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FOLINIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GABA 22 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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.