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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
KUWANON-F 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KUWANON-G 3 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KUWANON-H 3 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KUWANON-I 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KUWANON-J 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
M-CRESOL 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MACLURIN 1 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root Bark 2310.0 2450.0 0.55 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM(MGO) 0 Leaf 2500.0 7200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Root Bark 15.0 37.0 -0.68 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ETHYL-ACETALDEHYDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ETHYL-KETONE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-HEXYL-KETONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MORACENIN-D 1 Root 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
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 16 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiwrinkle 1 Martindale's 28th
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 7 Merck 11th Edition
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide 3 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Autotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bacteristat 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *