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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
Collagen-Sparing 2 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Copper-Chelator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 1 Merck 11th Edition
COX-1-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Activator 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
CYP1A1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytoprotective 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 8 Duke, 1992 *