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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
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 250000.0 0.14 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESORCINOL 17 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESVERATROL 68 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 1.0 14.0 1.93 Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Leaf 20000.0 60000.0 2.72 Duke, 1992 *
SARCOSINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLIN 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICA(SIO2) 0 Leaf 18000.0 26000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL-ALPHA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTERYL-CAPRATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTERYL-PALMITATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 370.0 2467.0 0.05 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Root Bark 251.0 520.0 0.40 Duke, 1992 *
SOLUBLE-SUGARS 0 Leaf 122000.0 288000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchorelaxant 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bruchiphobe 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 4 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 29 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 5 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Capillarigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiodepressant 2 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Cardioprotective 8 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiovascular 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.