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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
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 2000.0 3000.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 7000.0 72000.0 0.40 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Leaf 80000.0 204000.0 1.50 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 1.0 8.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ECDYSTERONE 2 Leaf not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-GAMMA-HEXENOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-RESORCYLALDEHYDE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf not available 2000.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Bark not available 1800.0 -0.46 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Root Bark not available 150.0 -0.91 Jim Duke's personal files.
BIOTIN 4 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-ALCOHOL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYLAMINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 300.0 6400.0 0.59 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
Carminative 2 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Casein-Kinase-II-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chelator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 6 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 8 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Cholinergic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Circulotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 8 Martindale's 29th
CNS-Inhibitor 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.
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Co-carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Coagulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.