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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
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTATHIONE 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUAIACOL 18 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXALDEHYDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXEN-(2)-AL-(1) 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYRESVERATROL 0 Wood not available 20000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
INOKOSTERONE 5 Leaf not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 19.0 247.0 0.45 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Root Bark 70.0 290.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
IRON-OXIDE(FE2O3) 0 Leaf 500.0 2600.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ISOAMYL-ALCOHOL 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYRALDEHYDE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYRIC-ACID 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCETIN 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KUWANON-A 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KUWANON-B 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KUWANON-C 1 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
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.