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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
MORACETIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MORACHALCONE-A 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MORIN 15 Wood 3000.0 4400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MORUSIN 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MULBERRANOL 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MULBERRIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MULBERROCHROMENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MULBERROFURAN-B 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MULBERROFURAN-M 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MULBERROFURAN-N 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-BUTANOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-BUTYRALDEHYDE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 7.0 54.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
NORARTOCARPANONE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
O-CRESOL 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYDIHYDROMORUSIN 0 Root Bark 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
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 *