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Plant Morus alba (Moraceae)

Common Names
Sang-Pai-Pi; White Mulberry
How this plant is used
Food
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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
2,4,4',6-TETRAHYDROXYBENZOPHENONE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,2',4'-TRIHYDROXYDIHYDROSTILBENE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,4'-DIHYDROXYDIHYDROSTILBENE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5,7-DIHYDROXYCHROMONE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6,3',5'-TRIHYDROXY-2-PHENYLBENZOFURAN 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
A-BETA-HEXENAL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETONE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADENINE 11 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALBAFURAN-C 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALBANIN-F 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALBANIN-G 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALBANOL-A 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALBANOL-B 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BETA-DIMONTANY-GLYCEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM(AL2O3) 0 Leaf 8000.0 18000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDONIC-ACID 12 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Root Bark not available 0.1 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 50.0 1040.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hemostat 6 Martindale's 29th
Hemostatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 16 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Herbistat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Herpetifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hydroperoxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperglycemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hyperuricemic 1 Martindale's 28th
Hypocholesterolemic 16 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.